I come from Land of bracken hills and green meads fringed by hedges <br />And I am still a mountain man and rough around the edges <br />And now I live in Sherbrooke Shire in the Dandenong Ranges <br />From Bracken hills to gum tree hills the scenery so changes. <br /> <br />I've never cared for city life and I feel only pity <br />For those who have to live and work in the smoky inner city <br />Pollution clogs the city skies, the traffic noise and rattle <br />Down in the smoky concrete World life's like a constant battle. <br /> <br />The mountain man a healthy man the air he breathe is cleaner <br />And he's living in a Natural World a World that's quiet and greener <br />He's living in a Natural World his life span ought be longer <br />The mountain man a healthier man than city man far stronger. <br /> <br />I love the hills the quiet hills, the woods where birds are singing <br />And every time I leave the hills back to the hills my thoughts go winging <br />For I don't like the Concrete World the World of man's endeavour <br />And I'll always be a mountain man a mountain man forever.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-of-a-mountain-man/
