When The Gray Fog Covers The Great Gums

When the gray fog covers the great gums and the pied currawongs they do call You know heavy rain is approaching to Kalorama in late Fall Across the high woodlands of Yarra Ranges the cool winds of early May blow The mountain ash have seen many Seasons and with each Season taller they grow The people who live near the high woods feel proud of their place of tall trees The laughter of the kookaburras the mountain ash soughing in the breeze When the gray fog covers the great gums you know that the Winter is near The mountain air is a bit chilly in the Yarra Ranges in the Fall of the year, The white cockatoos they are squawking their grating calls not a pleasant sound Though quite pretty birds for to look at in the high woods their numbers abound The king parrots and crimson rosellas quite beautiful birds to behold In tree cavities they are born and 'tis said they live to be old And the pied currawongs the big dark birds in the fog hidden woodland do call And the rain clouds beginning to drizzle in Kalorama in the late Fall.