The Melbourne Mynas

In fancy their distinctive songs I do hear When above the Melbourne suburbs the dawn is breaking clear The birds known as common mynas in fawn and dark brown Birds often seen and heard in the bigger urban town Introduced to Australia from Asia a long time ago The Melbourne Mynas they are not to know That they are not Aussies as some people do say They don't know their ancestors were from far away By some people the mynas are not treated fair They even call them the cane toads of the air But despite some persecution the mynas survive And even in some suburbs they are known to thrive Characters in their own right with a distinctive song The mynas to Melbourne they surely belong.