Down By The Port River

Down by the Port River on a February day
In the blue sunny sky just a few clouds of gray
The silver gulls called in the fresh coastal air
And a lovely young woman with blond shoulder length hair
Was singing a song of Australia the Land of eucalypt trees
With the lilt of joy in her brown eyes and her hair tossing in the breeze
That blew up from the Pacific Ocean on a beautiful and bright Summer's day
From the famous Town of Port Adelaide the sea is just a short drive away
As I walked by the old Port River I heard the song of the pee wee
And the silver billed magpie was piping on a wattle tree
And I was just a passing stranger a fellow from a distant shore
A long way from Port Adelaide and the beach at Semaphore
But memories last a lifetime and the memory will remain
Of the young beauty by the Port River when I visit the past again.