Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees Lyrics

I've been around the world a couple of times or maybe more

I've seen the sights and had delights on every foreign shore

But when my friends all ask me about the place that I adore

I tell them right away

Give me a home among the gumtrees

With lots of plumtrees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair

I'll be standing in the kitchen

Cooking up a roast

With vegemite on toast

Just you and me

A cup of tea

And later on we'll settle down beside the hitching post

And watch the possums play

Give me a home among the gumtrees

With lots of plumtrees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair

There's a Safeway on the corner

And a Woolworths down the street

And a new one's just been opened up

Where they regulate the heat

But I'd trade them all tomorrow

For a simple bush retreat

Where the kookaburras sing

Give me a home among the gumtrees

With lots of plumtrees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair

Some people like their houses built with fences all around

Others live in mansions

And some beneath the ground

But me I love the bush you know with lizards running 'round

And a pumpkin vine out the back

Give me a home among the gumtrees

With lots of plumtrees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair

Give me a home among the gumtrees

With lots of plumtrees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair