Goodbye To You French Island

The yellow tailed black cockatoos called in the darkening skies
And rain was gently falling as we bade our last goodbyes
The bus took us out the dirt road out towards departure pier
Good bye to you French Island we may return next year.

The koalas on the gum trees they doze their life away
Not native to French Island though you see them every day
Man brought them from the mainland where clamydial is rife
And on disease free island they live a healthier life.

Goodbye to you French Island surrounded by the sea
Where island man with Nature live much in harmony
And Nature's foe developer as of yet to take a hand
Not wanted by the islanders not hard to understand.

Near 4 p.m. on sunday the twenty first day of July
The rain was gently falling and the black cockies did cry
Goodbye to you French Island so brief too brief our stay
But we'll be back to visit in not too distant day.