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Drover's Dream
Whilst traveling with some sheep, while my mates were fast asleep
Not a star or moon beneath the southern sky,
I was dosing, I suppose, for my eyes were hardly closed
When a very strange procession passed me by.
First there came a kangaroo with his swag of blankets blue
A dingo followed closely for a mate;
They saluted me and past, they were traveling very fast
Saying "Let us jog along, it's getting late."
When the old bandicoot played a tune upon a flute
While a frill-necked lizard listened with a smile;
An emu standing near with his claw up to his ear
Said, "That's the sweetest thing I've heard for quite a while."
An opossum and a crow sang us songs of long ago
Three native bears sat round them in a ring.
The pelican and the crane, came in from off the plain
And amused the audience with a Highland Fling
Three frogs from off the swamp where the atmosphere was damp
Came hopping in and sat upon the stones;
They laid down their swags and took from out their bags
The violin, the banjo and the bones
Then came an awful crash as though creation had gone smash.
Waking up I found I'd been asleep;
And the Boss beneath the cart he gave me an awful start
He said, "Dreamy, where fucking hell are the sheep?"