Gum Trees By The Roadway

DOREEN KEY To-night here by the road- side After driving hard all day, Dream in' of the old folks And a homestead o'er the way; In dreams I see the old place, I'll be there within a week Where there's gum trees by the road- way 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. ***