Nature Contols Us

All of the grass in the paddocks by rabbits eaten bare There is scarcely enough here for to sustain a hare The countryside looking so bare, brown and dry And not one rain cloud in the blue and sunny sky The farmer obliged to buy hay for his sheep And with a wife and two young children and a home to upkeep And lamb prices falling and hay to buy dear For him it has been an unprofitable year For the rabbits he has laid the 1080 bait But without success for him to celebrate The rabbits in numbers seem to multiply That the bait is not working he does wonder why? By the weather and locusts and rabbits and mice plagues rural livelihoods under attack After good rainfall in Spring and Summer El Nino is back Sucking any moisture from the bare ground dry That Nature controls us none ought to deny Yes Nature controls us it does seem this way El Nino is back but hopefully for a brief stay And add to that damage to crops by rabbits, locusts and mice For all of this the farmer has to pay the big price.