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 cobbers ask me

The place that I adore

I tell them right away

 

Give me a home among the gum trees

With lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a k-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 gum trees

With lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo

A clothesline 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

 

Give me a home among the gum trees

With lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a k-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 the back

 

Give me a home among the gum trees

With lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo

A clothesline 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 k-kangaroo

A clothesline out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair.