The kids and I have been having great fun listening and learning (and remembering for me!) a few old Aussie folk songs. Thought you might like this one…Jonah loves it because he says its all about our place here out in the bush

I’ve been around the world a couple of times or maybe more
I’ve seen the sights, I’ve had delights on every foreign shore
But when my mates all ask me the place that I adore
I tell them right away

Give me a home among the gumtrees
with lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair

You can see me in the kitchen cooking up a roast
Or Vegemite on toast
Just you and me, a cup of tea
And later on, we’ll settle down and go out on the porch
And watch the possums play

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair

There’s a Safeways up the corner and a Woollies down the street
And a brand new place they’ve opened up
where they regulate the heat
But I’d trade them all tomorrow for a little bush retreat
Where the kookaburras call

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair

Some people like their houses with fences all around
Others live in mansions and some beneath the ground
But me I like the bush you know with rabbits running round
And a pumpkin vine out back

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair