Home Among The Gumtrees-John Williamson

[ti:Home Among The Gumtrees] [ar:John Williamson] [al:Anthems - A Celebration of Australia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Home Among The Gumtrees - John Williamson [00:08.60]I've been around the world a couple [00:10.63]Of times or maybe more [00:11.93] [00:12.77]I've seen the sights [00:13.56]I've had delights [00:14.52]On every foreign shore [00:15.91] [00:16.64]But when me mates all ask me [00:18.27]The place that I adore [00:19.90] [00:20.53]I tell them right away [00:23.15] [00:25.25]Give me a home amongst [00:26.89]The gum trees [00:28.36]With lots of plum trees [00:29.60] [00:30.80]A sheep or two a kangaroo [00:33.02]A clothes line out the back [00:34.40] [00:34.96]Verandah out the front [00:36.64]And a old rocking chair [00:39.45] [00:40.97]You can see me in the [00:42.38]Kitchen cooking up a roast [00:44.19] [00:45.05]Or vegemite on toast [00:46.59] [00:47.10]Just you and me a cup of tea [00:49.22]And later on we'll settle down [00:50.96]And mull up on the porch [00:52.54] [00:53.75]And watch the possums play [00:55.68] [00:57.86]Give me a home among the gum trees [01:00.16] [01:00.96]With lots of plum trees [01:02.13] [01:03.43]A sheep or two [01:04.28]A kangaroo [01:05.56]A clothes line out the back [01:07.02] [01:07.53]Verandah out the front [01:08.89] [01:09.49]And an old rocking chair [01:12.00] [01:13.51]There's a safeway up the corner [01:15.36]And a woolies up the street [01:16.94] [01:17.58]A brand new place they've [01:19.04]Opened up where they regulate the heat [01:21.04] [01:21.55]But I'd trade them all tomorrow [01:23.34]For a simple bush retreat [01:25.59]Where the kookaburras call [01:28.12] [01:31.84]Give me a home among [01:33.21]The gum trees [01:34.03] [01:34.69]With lots of plum trees [01:35.96] [01:37.28]A sheep or two a kangaroo [01:39.22]A clothes line out the back [01:40.65] [01:41.34]Verandah out the front [01:43.15]And an old rocking chair [01:45.75] [01:47.38]Some people like their houses [01:49.40]With fences all around [01:50.76] [01:51.31]Others live in mansions [01:53.26]And some beneath the ground [01:54.83] [01:55.43]But me I like the bush [01:57.12]You know with rabbits running round [01:58.79] [01:59.55]And a pumpkin' vine out the back [02:01.90] [02:04.30]Give me a home among [02:05.74]The gum trees [02:06.70] [02:07.38]With lots of plum trees [02:08.70] [02:09.94]A sheep or two [02:11.02]A kangaroo [02:11.96]A clothes line out the back [02:13.31] [02:14.00]Verandah out the front [02:15.48]And an old rocking chair [02:19.39] [02:20.61]Give me a home amongst [02:22.17]The gum trees [02:22.97] [02:23.68]With lots of plum trees [02:24.97] [02:26.07]A sheep or two a kangaroo [02:28.15]A clothes line out the back [02:29.51] [02:30.13]Verandah out the front [02:31.96]And a old rocking chair