LESSON 32 A SONG OF THE WATTLE

A SONG OF THE WATTLE

1. Sing a song of wattle-time,

Sing of sweet September,

Sunny days and scented [1] nights

Pleasant to remember.

SILVER WATTLE

2. When the sunshine smiles in spring

All the buds so tiny

Send out little golden threads

Silky, soft and shiny.

3. Like a fairy's golden hair,

Seem those blossoms glowing;

Like a gleam of sunshine fair

On the hill-side growing.

4. As we wander through the scrub [2]

Sprays of wattle wearing

We can smell the perfume [3] sweet

That the breeze is bearing.

5. Sing a song of wattle-time,

Sing of sweet September,

Sunny days and scented nights

Pleasant to remember.

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[1] scented: Smelling of the flowers.

[2] scrub: A part of the bush thick with trees and shrubs.

[3] perfume: Scent.