Gum Trees By The Roadway

	  		
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To-night here by the road- side  
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After driving hard all day,  
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Dream in' of the old folks  
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And a homestead o'er the way;  
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In dreams I see the old place,  
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I'll be there within a week  
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Where there's gum trees by the road- way  
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And a-willows by the creek. 
 
V2. I see the homestead cattle 
As around the place they roam, 
The old man with the horses 
On the fields of golden loam; 
And mother in the doorway 
Just to make the scene complete, 
With gum trees by the roadway 
And willows by the creek. 
 
V3. Oh, I'd like to tell my story 
In a simple kind of way, 
It happened to many hundreds  
In this war-torn world today; 
I heard the call for duty 
So I donned a khaki suit 
And I marched 'way from the gum trees 
And willows by the creek. 
 
 
V4. But when you land in trouble 
And you're placed behind those bars, 
That's when you start thinking  
Of the moon and country stars; 
And when at last they free you 
And you step out in the street, 
Nothing then could hold you 
From the homestead by the creek. 
 
5. That's why tonight I'm standng 
By this cheery roadside fire, 
Takin' in the country 
Underneath the summer stars; 
And from now on you will find me 
Where the air is fresh and sweet, 
Where forever there'll be gum trees 
And willows by the creek. 
 
Spoken 
And I guess there always will be. 
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