MRS ELLEIN ELMORE
Clarence St
Merrylands
Nov 1985
SITE SOURCE: Folklore Unit - People

THE WARATAH AND THE WATTLE

You may sing of the shamrock, the thistle the rose
Or the three in a bunch if you will
But I know of a country, that gathers all those
And I love the great land where the waratah grows
And the wattle blooms out on the hill.
Australia! Australia! So fair to behold
While the blue sky is arching above
A stranger should never have need to be told
That the wattle bough means that her heart is of gold
And the waratah's red with her love.

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