Wangaratta from October Moon by John Rasmussen

Chorus
(Going back to Wangaratta
That’s where the Ovens River flows
Where the only thing that matters is the way the fishin’ goes
You can keep your Coolangatta
Keep your Sydney by the sea
Give me Wangaratta
That’s the only town for me

There’s a place where two broad rivers join
to roll towards the sea
At the meeting of the waters
there’s a dreaming there for me
Hear the small bird sweetly singing
in the grand old rivergum tree
See the golden wattle waving
That’s the place I long to be

(Chorus)

Well, the sun just keeps on shining
in this promised land of ours
As we sit beside the river and we while away the hours
How I wish that you could be here
when your working day is done
Just to watch those fish a jumpin’
Just to watch that river run

(Chorus)

• Australian folk music
• Blues & Roots
• Folk
• singer-songwriter
• Melbourne