The Man From Warrenheip Street

The man from Warrenheip Street some great stories did tell In Buninyong in the eighties at the Buninyong Crown Hotel He is such a marvellous character and people like him few And to life's higher principles he always remained true. The fellow known as Nuffa I ever will recall One who could talk on numerous things from poetry to football And every one who knew him of him had good to say A warm hearted person he made new friends every day. So much about poets and poetry old Kenny Barth did know He recited Paterson's Bush Christening and Lawson's Cobb and Co And drank a pot of Carlton and sang an Aussie song In such exalted company the hours just raced along. I often think about him where might he live today From his beloved Buninyong he could not live far away Perhaps he still lives on Warrenheip Street in his old home for many years And perhaps in the old Bunny Pub he still drinks a few beers. He was not a very tall man but his heart was far from small The man from Warrenheip Street one worthy of recall If every one were like him the World to live in would be good For the man we knew as Nuffa would only help you if he could.