The Drover's Wife Lyrics

Bush all around

There's no horizon here

No solace in the she-oaks

No country I know dear

So long I've sat here waiting

On your arrival home

My heart you have it breaking

Our children wish you home

Our children I have lost

To the torment of this frontier

Gallows faced and alone

I shouldn't be here

So much I'd like to stoush ya

So much I've got to say

Too hard it is to stay here

I need to make my way

The rain now pelts down

Upon this land we call our own

who knows how to care

In the face of the unknown?

The rain now pelts down

Upon this land we call our own

who knows how to care

In the face of the unknown?

When does a mother's role end?

When the aching in my chest is put to bed

I've fought so hard against all

But my love for you

Our Tommy's old enough now

He is the image of you

He swore he'd never drove

He promised me that much

And now my darling drover

My time on this land is up