And he stretch and rest his 'hoppers' the marsupial 'there
'There he goes' the English meaning for his Aboriginal name
The great creature from the dream time the black hunter did
They've been living in Australia ever since life first began
And they've been hopping through the bush lands perhaps
They'd been living and established unknown creatures without
When Australia was unknown land long before the black man
What a funny sight a mother as she goes on 'hop about'
With her 'joey' in the warm pouch and his small head
And as she needs to eat she must stoop and she goes into a
And her joey too nibbles grass as he reaches from her pouch.
They are disliked by the farmers they eat grass meant for
And they jump above his fences with effortless bounding leap
But the kangaroo has been around since birth of first gum
And he's a pure bred Australian and belong to this country.
In the wood that skirts the paddock when the sun is out he
And he stretch and rest his hoppers the marsupial 'there he
'There he goes' the English meaning for his Aboriginal name
The great creature from the dream time the black hunter did
No comments:
Post a Comment