Classic Poem

D'ye mind the little five-corner —
The sweetest ever found —
The native cherry and geebung
That grew in stony ground?
The manna and the wattle gum
Where wattle shrubs take root:
You've heard of very many things;
Have you heard of Native Fruit?

Or native vegetables — the yams,
The sweet, and nutty too?
The way to live away from home
That all Bush children knew.
Cress, boggabri, sap of stringy bark,
And many a leaf and root.
A man who knows could live on these,
When lost — and Native Fruit.