h/work for w.e 9.3.2020 ...FIRE FIGHT FOR AUSTRALIA 2020
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:34 pm
FIRE FIGHT FOR AUSTRALIA 2020. Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBarkPoet
We watched in awe as on TV they gathered to the throng
seventy thousand give or take. That many can't be wrong
with people packed in wall to wall -
on stage volunteers standing tall
an audience held in the thrall ...
helping to save our country.
Welcome to country one and all, they came from round the world
and such emotions they unleashed as didge and bagpipes skirled.
The drone of didge as 'brolga' danced
had the whole audience entranced
as round the stage a young bloke pranced
painted - to honour country.
Old Mother Nature, she was kind tonight - no heat or rain
as if she knew we needed this to help relieve the pain
She gave us all those old time stars,
we raised the roof and raised the bar
the music was heard near and far
across our grieving country.
We are the champions of the world - united as we speak
and side by side we'll rise again from circumstances bleak.
Our people may be battered, burnt
but cowed and beaten? No we weren't.
And hopefully a lesson learnt
to love better our country.
The dollars raised will be a balm which help to ease the pain.
rebuild new habitats for all, alleviate the strain.
Our wildlife who were decimated,
pastures burnt then saturated.
People homeless and frustrated
suffering in our country.
Our firefighters in yellow garb the heroes of our nation,
the public digging deep for cash a total inspiration.
The world who has embraced us all,
the mates who wouldn't let mates fall
that Aussie spirit standing tall.
We love our harsh brown country
Core of our heart - our country.
We watched in awe as on TV they gathered to the throng
seventy thousand give or take. That many can't be wrong
with people packed in wall to wall -
on stage volunteers standing tall
an audience held in the thrall ...
helping to save our country.
Welcome to country one and all, they came from round the world
and such emotions they unleashed as didge and bagpipes skirled.
The drone of didge as 'brolga' danced
had the whole audience entranced
as round the stage a young bloke pranced
painted - to honour country.
Old Mother Nature, she was kind tonight - no heat or rain
as if she knew we needed this to help relieve the pain
She gave us all those old time stars,
we raised the roof and raised the bar
the music was heard near and far
across our grieving country.
We are the champions of the world - united as we speak
and side by side we'll rise again from circumstances bleak.
Our people may be battered, burnt
but cowed and beaten? No we weren't.
And hopefully a lesson learnt
to love better our country.
The dollars raised will be a balm which help to ease the pain.
rebuild new habitats for all, alleviate the strain.
Our wildlife who were decimated,
pastures burnt then saturated.
People homeless and frustrated
suffering in our country.
Our firefighters in yellow garb the heroes of our nation,
the public digging deep for cash a total inspiration.
The world who has embraced us all,
the mates who wouldn't let mates fall
that Aussie spirit standing tall.
We love our harsh brown country
Core of our heart - our country.
I was disappointed I couldn't work Alice Cooper in - I had it in my head that the Cooper River and Alice Springs were close to each other but luckily thought to check a map and found out they weren't so my witty little thought flew away. 