Elvie

She talks of the country around Powlett river And the highlands of South Gippsland gray to brown And though her search for self betterment has brought her north to Sydney She still remembers old Wonthaggi Town. For the past five years Elvie has lived in Sydney And at twenty five a woman in her prime She is doing quite well in Australia's largest city And she has settled well though it took time. For the first year she pined for old Wonthaggi And for South Gippsland many miles away But she feels happy that she overcame nostalgia And she feels happy where she's at today. But still she talks of Dalyston and Kilcunda And of Cape Paterson the sea air and sea spray And Inverloch where she and dad went fishing And Tarwin Lower and the surf beach at Venus Bay. Elvie feels happy with her lot in Sydney With the better lifestyle and the higher pay But still she often talks about South Gippsland And her home Town of Wonthaggi far away.