The mountain roads are so steep in New Zealand <br />For miles and miles they just wind up and down <br />You crawl down hill and labour up the steep slope <br />A sixty miles slow drive to nearest town. <br /> <br />And all around you there's an untamed beauty <br />On either side steep gorges down below <br />On such roads would not like to drive in Winter <br />On bad conditions when there's frost and snow. <br /> <br />I've travelled on the Snowy mountain highway <br />But some New Zealand mountain roads steeper by far <br />Before you venture out on such a journey <br />Make sure you have the brakes checked on your car. <br /> <br />The high road south of Dannevirke I'll remember <br />For 6 K's it was down hill all the way <br />The stream flowed rapid along the steep gorge bottom <br />Down over rocks it foamed a frothy spray. <br /> <br />The mountain roads are so steep in New Zealand <br />That you have to change from high gear down to low <br />And I'd hate like hell to have to drive upon them <br />On Winter days when there is frost and snow.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-mountain-roads-are-so-steep-in-new-zealand/
