By B. Brown/W. Johnson       I've been around the world   A couple of times or maybe more   I've seen the sights, I've had delights   On every foreign shore   But when my mates all ask me   The place that I adore   I tell them right away       Give me a home among the gumtrees   With lots of plum trees   A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo   A clothesline out the back   Verandah out the front   And an old rocking chair       You can see me in the kitchen   Cooking up a roast   Or Vegemite on toast   Just you and me, a cup of tea   And later on, we'll settle down    And go out on the porch   And watch the possums play       There's a Safeways up the corner   And a Woolies down the street   And a brand new place they've opened up   Where they regulate the heat   But I'd trade them all tomorrow   For a little bush retreat   Where the kookaburras call       Some people like their houses   With fences all around    Others live in mansions   And some beneath the ground   But me I like the bush you know   With rabbits running round   And a pumpkin vine out the back