Home Among The Gum Trees
Composer(s): Bob Brown; Walter Johnson Jr.
Performer(s): John Williamson; Bloodwood



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 friends all ask me
The place that I adore
I tell them right away
 
(chorus)
Give me a home among the gum trees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothes lines out the back
Veranda at 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 and a cup of tea
Later on we'll settle down
And loll upon the porch
And watch the possums play
 
(chorus)
 
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 runnin' round
And a pumpkin vine out the back
 
(chorus twice)