Home Among the Gumtrees

I've been around the world a couple of times, or maybe more 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 What do we tell 'em? Give me a home among the gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo A clothes line 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 gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo A clothes line out the back, verandah out the front And an old rocking chair There's a Safeways up the corner, and a Woolies 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 (koo-koo-koo-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka) Give me a home among the gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo A clothes line out the back, verandah out the front And an old rocking chair Up we go 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 the back This is your turn Give me a home among the gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo A clothes line out the back, verandah out the front And an old rocking chair Give me a home among the gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo A clothes line out the back, verandah out the front And an old rocking chair