REGION of damper and junk and tea,
Region of pastures wide!
The fairest spots in the world to me
Are out on the Lachlan Side.
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side,
Where the bright lagoons are wide;
I long for river and grass and tree,
And someone dearer than all to me,
Far out on the Lachlan Side.
My heart was hardened against advice
And reason I would not see,
For by the ocean a paradise
The city appeared to me.
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
-Not I for a bumpkin-s fate,â? I cried,
-I-ll not be a country clown!
A life-s too slow on the Lachlan Side;
I-ll go to the shining town!â?
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
I-ve lost the battle, I strike the flag,
The town may sink in the tide;
A wiser head and a lighter swag
I take to the Lachlan Side.
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
When crops of wool on the plains shall grow,
Shall flourish in drought or rain,
And when the shearers begin to mow
I-ll come to the town again.
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
But now I go to a kinder fate,
If her love still conquers pride;
Her heart was true when she sobbed, -I-ll wait
For you on the Lachlan Side.â?
CHORUS:
I-m off to the Lachlan Side,
Where the bright lagoons are wide;
I long for river and grass and tree,
And someone dearer than all to me,
Far out on the Lachlan Side.
Lachlan Side
Henry Lawson
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Poem topics: I love you, city, life, lost, ocean, pride, rain, world, head, battle, wait, country, paradise, advice, true, reason, slow, shining, fate, heart, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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