The Drover's Wife (1905)
By the droning mountain-waters, in the spring-time of her life,
On her little Tambo holding, lives the Western drover's wife ;
And at evening, by the river, when her bit of work is done,
You may often hear her singing to the setting of the sun--
For my drover laddie Jack ;
I am waiting for my lover
To come down the homeward track.
And my heart for him is yearning,
And my cheeks are all aglow,
For the day of his returning
We'll a-honeymooning go. Oh ! the poddies know her footsteps and the horses know her call,
And the lambs go frisking with her to the foaming waterfall ;
And it's fun to see the turkeys stretch their necks as if to hear,
When she's singing down the river and she thinks there's no one near. Ah ! she told him in the starlight, when her blushes didn't show,
She was glad he wed a drover, for each trip he had to go
Meant another home-returning and another honeymoon,
Which is just the inspiration of that Tambo river tune-- I am waiting for my drover,
For my drover laddie Jack ;
I am waiting for my lover
To come down the homeward track.
And my heart for him it yearning,
And my cheeks are all aglow
For the day of his returning.
We'll a-honeymooning go "MILKY WHITE" in Sydney "Bulletin" Notes
From the South Australian Newspaper the Port Augusta Dispatch 3 Feb 1905 p. 3.
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