Song of Sydney Harbour.
(BY. H.C.C.)
I own the whole of New South Wales,
I'm boss of Vic, and Q.,
Mine, mine are S, and Doubloo A.,
And mine is Tassy, too !
My heart heats high to cloudless sky,
In Joy of jocund health.
The one refraln it beats again-
I own the Commonwealth !
For,
I'm sailing in the Springtime on the Harbour,
The Beautiful, the Bluenessful, the Harbour !
And the soul within me gaily
Twirls it blackthorn or shillelagh ;
Sings a stave or two of Daley,
Tis the wind-and-water music of the Harbour !
I rule with easy, equal laws,
This Commonwealth of mine !
And each enjoys his own, because
It's his by right divine.
And each Is king—a glorious thing !-
Beneath a Heaven of blue-
My dancing prow so sang but now !
The winds proclaim it true !
For,
I'm sailing in the Springtime on the Harbour,
The Beautiful, the Bluenessful, the Harbour !
And the water round me lapping,
And the canvas o'er me flapping ;
Set in meet and tuneful wrapping.
Bits of Brady that come to me on the Harbour!
The World's a world of endless Peace,
Of Goodness and Content;
It has no need of large Police,
No use for Parliament !
And ev'ry king to all who sing,
Bards living, and the dead,
To ev'ry Art, throws wide his heart,
flows low a joyous head !
For
I'm sailing in the Springtime on the Harbour,
The Beautiful, the Bluenessful, the Harbour !
And the sky is o'er it flinging,
Light that sets a Man a-singing,
All the songs through ages ringing-
David sings duets with Shakespeare on the Harbour !
Of course, It's all a sunllt lie-
Ashore, when Day is closed,
The streets are narrow, houses high,
And all the "kings" deposed !
The "kingdom's" spent with Discontent,
Despite its gaudy glare,
And Song, sweet Song, 'mid all the Wrong,
sweet Song is sobbing there !
But,
I sailed one glorious Sprlngday on the Harbour,
The Beautiful, the Blunessful, the Harbour !
And the soul, that's sure eternal,
From its spirit, vast and vernal,
Gained new life for Town Infernal,
where the God is never seen Who walks the Harbour !
Notes
From the NSW Newspaper The Sunday Sun 20 Sep 1903 p. 5.