Not Many Trees In Grantville

For so called human progress there is some price to pay
Few old gums left in Grantville they have been cut away
The parrots need the old gums for cavities to nest in
So much damage done to Nature by sons of Pioneering men.

Not many trees in Grantville and the oldest gums there I've seen
Not over thirty five years old or so to me 'twould seem
And few wild cockatoos in Grantville though perhaps many once lived there
Before the old gums were cut down and wildlife became rare.

You need not be a tree expert with arboricultural degrees
To know that the coastal lands of South West Gippsland could do with lots of trees
Nature's garden the wood and grove with birdsong is alive
But in a land denuded of trees few wild creatures survive.

Not many trees in Grantville the village by the sea
And the oldest gum not more than thirty five or so 'twould seem to me
And though the damage done by human kind is not beyond repair
The coastal lands without their trees to say the least seem bare.