There’s a long winding road that runs northward
Where the kangaroos once bound upon the plain
And the Kookaburras laughed without a reason
While the lyrebirds lived up to their own name
With a bluey on his back he humped the country
And a Billy at his side he travelled far
Cross the wide and open country there before him
Underneath the sky that bore the southern star
Morgan he was once a merchant sailor
Seeking out adventures near and wide
Searching for a love to hold forever
To be there standing firmly by his side
And along came Sandy from the southern ocean
A beauty that he couldn’t leave behind
He gave up all the fortunes he was seeking
To be with Sandy ‘pon the Condomine
Forty years went by and then one morning
His pretty Sandy sadly passed away
Morgan found it hard to live without her
And wanders through the country to this day
He travels where the desert sands are falling
He wanders where the forest calls his name
And he can hear the trade winds softly calling
And beckoning him on the seas again
But Morgan cannot leave the land she sleeps in
He cannot leave her memory far behind
Sandy’s voice still echoes in his dreamings
Still there with him and walking at his side
He’s living in the yesterday together
With Sandy as he roams the open land
Pining for the love that’s gone forever
Where the southern star looks down on southern sands
21.11.2009
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bawww this is special.
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Thanks!
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Beautiful !
Aww , a heart touching , poignant and
romantic poem and story ! Beautifully
penned ! Thank you for sharing this
with us today ... Best wishes & hugs !
Friend Easy
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Thanks, mate. Happy you dropped by. Stay safe.
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so sweet! a perfect romance story, yet so unique from all of them that i've read before. a wonderful write...i am in complete awe. keep it up!!!!!!!!
you rox me sox!
shell
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I shall drop by soon.
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SO SAD YET SO ROMANTIC!!!!
Oh to have loved like this here! In a way it is sad yet this tale is deeply and sweetly romantic.
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Thank oyu my friend. So glad you liked it. I'm still trying to fix up the rhythm which I think is a little off.
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you have the Southern Cross in the sky... we have the Big and Little Dipper...
this is a sad tale, two 'roo's get a condo together, and one passes on... but that part about 'can't leave the land because her echoing voice lingers' is some tale in itself... how we can pine away, just like some goony bird, or merchant marine 'roo...
ah! the 'roo's were just a backdrop... (I guess it was my wishful thinking that this would be a 'roo romance...! )
this one started drinking, he was so blue...
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LOL!!!!!!!!YOu are a comedian, aren't you. Thanks for dropping by and reading and thanks for the ownderful humourous comments.
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Extremely well written. I kept waiting for the swagman to jump up.
Very, very enjoyable read.
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Thanks, mate. No Swagman here but I guess this guy could very well turn into one.
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Sorry, I got stuck on the second line, where you have mistakenly spelled 'plain'
as 'plane' and I got this vision of a line of kangaroos, hopping onto a jumbo jet!
A great Aussie love song, in any case. There's the feel of lonely space and a sad man.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!You crack me up! That statement about the Kangaroos getting on the jet was very amusing. Will go and correct that now before anymore escape. Thanks for the typo point out and for stopping by. Will be by soon as am now reading through my favourites and am up to G....
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