Of Boxing Day

The day it is warm over thirty degrees Without any coolness in the southerly breeze That blow from the hills above paddocks bare and brown In the dry countryside by the old country town The creeks at a trickle and bone dry every drain And the sunburnt paddocks could do with some rain The long range weather forecast is sunny and dry And no signs of rain clouds in the mostly blue sky The sun it is shining very warm today Though the weather quite typical for late December only true for to say It may even grow a bit warmer in January Last Summer we had some days of up to forty three Yet the warbling songs are very pleasant to hear Of the birds who do sing every day of the year The silver billed magpies of the beautiful song Once seen and once heard them you never again can get wrong White butterflies seemingly dancing in the afternoon breeze That gently stir the glossy green leaves on the trees In the warmth of the afternoon of Boxing Day In the sunny blue sky just a few clouds of gray.