In 100 Years From Now

In 100 years from now There will be pig, goat and cow And donkey, horse, sheep, rabbit and hare Though many wild birds and animals may be rare. In 100 years from now there will be wallaby and roo Currawong, finch, rosella and cockatoo Turkey, swan and duck and goose Wombat, badger, bear and moose. In 100 years from now there will be bushes, shrubs and trees And rivers will flow to the seas And in Spring birds will sing every day But my bones with Nature will lay. And barn owl will be seen at night In the pale moonlight ghostly white And birds will sing in wind and rain And breeding frogs will sing in the flooded drain. In 100 years from now waders from the northern shore Will Winter in the sunny south and in Spring fly home to breed once more And sparrows will chirp in the hedge by the house And the house cat will stalk the bird and the mouse.