A Familiar Voice

Pee wee pee wee as I lay beside the lake Pee wee pee wee that voice one can't mistake That song he sing all day from dawn till dark Australia's most familiar magpie lark. Like Aussie magpie coloured white and black But magpie's size and vocal range he lack Still magpie lark doesn't take a second place To bird supposed of far superior race. The name lark comes from the way he run around Like skylark do when running on the ground And others call him mudlark because he Build cup shaped nest of mud on branch of tree. And others simply call the bird pee wee Due to his often repeated melody And pee wee pee wee the only notes he sing All through the year from Summer to the Spring. As I lay here in town park by sunlit lake I hear that voice the voice one can't mistake Pee wee pee wee the song of magpie lark The song he sing all day from dawn till dark.