THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN SETTLERS
| Where craggy mountain ranges Clasp the snow gums to their breast Where the lonely call of dingos Echo from the mountain crest Where the kangaroo and wombat And the rugged brumby roam The snowy mountain settlers Made their home In a land so unforgiving One would doubt their wish to stay But they fought the scrub and flintstone With a small gain every day With just horses and a hand plough And endless sweat and toil They cleared the stumps and undergrowth And turned the virgin soil They were men from many nations Who had suffered grief and strife And they chose the land 'down under' To forge a different life A hardy band of settlers With their women at their side They built their humble homesteads And looked on them with pride You will never find another No matter where you roam That has that welcome feeling Of a humble settlers home But times have changed so quickly And now the city 'push' Is skiing down a mountain side That once was virgin bush Their thoughts are not of settlers As they sip their drinks in bars Or speed toward the chalets In their fancy modern cars They have no time for history For lust is in their heart They hope to win the favours Of some flash, pretentious tart But the memory of the pioneers lives on in those who know And we bless the men whose bodies Now lay buried 'neath the snow They toiled from early sunrise Until the sun had set A special breed of 'Aussie' We haven't beat them yet K.D. Abbott © 2007 |
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