You need flash player to see this nursery rhyme. Click <a href="javascript:document.location='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'">here</a> to download it<br> I've been around the world a couple of times or maybe more,<br> I've seen the sights, I've had delights on every foreign shore.<br> But when my friends all ask me,<br> the place that I adore,<br> I tell them right away.<br> Give me a home among the gumtrees,<br> with lots of plumtrees.<br> A sheep or two, a kangaroo,<br> a clothesline out the back,<br> verandah out the front and an old rocking chair.<br> <a href="http://www.rhymesandsongs.com" >home |</a> <a href="http://www.rhymesandsongs.com/nurseryrhymes.html" >introduction</a>

This is probably the second most popular Australian song, after Waltzing Matilda. It was written by Bob Brown, an Australian children's songwriter/performer. You can buy his latest album by clicking the image below.

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