REGION of damper and junk and tea, <br />Region of pastures wide! <br />The fairest spots in the world to me <br />Are out on the Lachlan Side. <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, <br />Where the bright lagoons are wide; <br />I long for river and grass and tree, <br />And someone dearer than all to me, <br />Far out on the Lachlan Side. <br /> <br />My heart was hardened against advice <br />And reason I would not see, <br />For by the ocean a paradise <br />The city appeared to me. <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc. <br /> <br />“Not I for a bumpkin’s fate,” I cried, <br />“I’ll not be a country clown! <br />A life’s too slow on the Lachlan Side; <br />I’ll go to the shining town!” <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc. <br /> <br />I’ve lost the battle, I strike the flag, <br />The town may sink in the tide; <br />A wiser head and a lighter swag <br />I take to the Lachlan Side. <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc. <br /> <br />When crops of wool on the plains shall grow, <br />Shall flourish in drought or rain, <br />And when the shearers begin to mow <br />I’ll come to the town again. <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc. <br /> <br />But now I go to a kinder fate, <br />If her love still conquers pride; <br />Her heart was true when she sobbed, “I’ll wait <br />For you on the Lachlan Side.” <br /> <br />CHORUS: <br />I’m off to the Lachlan Side, <br />Where the bright lagoons are wide; <br />I long for river and grass and tree, <br />And someone dearer than all to me, <br />Far out on the Lachlan Side.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lachlan-side/
