Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Someone is expecting a letter ... enough to wait for it! A letter from an old flame, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteYou can sit and wait for a letter. I love fine merino travel wear.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when I get pilleys on my woolly jumpers.
ReplyDeleteI thought you would make up a story for thar chair Julie. You didn't letbme down.
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