Tonight here
by the roadside
I've been drivin'
hard all day
Dreamin' of the old folks
And a homestead
o'er the way
In dreams
I see the old place
I'll be there within a week
Where there's gum trees
by the roadway
And the willows
by the creek
I see the
homestead cattle
As around the place
they roam
The old man
with the horses
On the fields of gold alone
And mother in the doorway
just to make this
scene complete
With gum trees
by the roadway
And the willows
by the creek
I'd like to tell my story
In a simple kind of way
It happened to
many hundreds
In this war-torn world today
I heard the call for duty
So I donned the khaki suit
And I'm arched 'way
from the gum trees
And the willows
by the creek
Now when the
war was over
And we'd marched
the victory mile
The ties with home
were broken
And from there
I stayed a while
I heled up with some fellers
just to live on easy street
And forgot about the
gumtrees
And the willows
by the creek
But when you
land in trouble
And you're placed
behind those bars
That's when
you start dreaming
Of the country
moon and stars
And when at last
they free you
And you step out
on the street
Nothing then could
hold you
From the homestead
by the creek
That's why tonight
I'm standing
By this cheery roadside fire
Takin' in the country
Underneath the
summer stars
From now on
you will find me
Where the air is
fresh and sweet
Where forever
there'll be gum trees
And willows by the creek