WISE DOG ON
THE TUCKERBOX
The Dog sits on
the tucker-box
He’s getting
pretty mad!
“The Country’s
gone to OTHER dogs,
It’s getting
flaming bad!
They’re sellin’
out Australia!
It makes you
wonder why,
The tucker-box is
foreign-owned!”
Said the dog from Gundagai.
“They’re sellin’
farms and factories,
A million out of
work,
From Sydney-town
to Adelaide,
And way out back
o’ Bourke!
It’s time that
true-blue Aussies -
And that means you
and I -
Stand up and guard
the tucker-box!”
Says the dog from Gundagai.
“In ten years’
time, what happens,
If we don’t make a stand?
Who’ll own those
jolly jumbucks
Across our native land?
Who’ll run our
mines and factories?
Who’ll pay our
kids the dole?
Which bank will
own your mortgage?
Who’ll own you –
heart and soul?
Who’ll pay your
flamin’ wages?
Who’ll make you
pay the rent?
Who’ll tell your
kids what happened?
And where your
freedom went?
OR CAN THAT DIGGER SPIRIT,
A BIT OF DO-OR-DIE
GET BACK THAT FLAMIN’ TUCKER
BOX?”
Asks the dog from Gundagai.
–
Anonymous
