A Rainy Day In Late Fall

The currawongs are singing their songs tell us of rain
And the tiny breeding frogs are calling in the watery roadside drain
Just ten days left in Autumn and Winter days drawing near
But weatherwise one can say not an unpleasant time of year
The rain is very welcome after the long dry spell
And though the farmer happy with the rain with him all is not well
Due to a shortage of water and fodder he has sold most of his cattle and sheep
In a very depressed market when livestock were quite cheap
Despite the very heavy rainfall of yesterday and today
The drought has not yet broken the weather experts say
We need a lot more heavy rain before the creek will flow
Though wheat farmers feel happy a crop they now can sow
A rainy day in late Fall on the twenty first of May
And the calendar Winter only ten days away.