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The story of an Aussie gal, both admired and wooed
Thus continues the ballad of our great Auntie Gertrude.
‘Oh, stay for a snack, ’ Aunt Gertrude grinned, a twinkle in her eye,
‘
NOW HOW SHOULD WE EAT YOU,
’ Clancy said, ‘
BARBECUED OR
FRIED?!
’
The galahs screamed, kookaburras shrieked, the cockatoos did screech,
But in the end, there was Buckley’s chance of fleeing fromknife’s reach.
The story of an Aussie gal, both admired and wooed
Thus concludes the ballad of our great Auntie Gertrude.
Finally, at longest last, the end of day had come,
The final rays of scorching sun creeping through the gums.
And through the window, bloody red, the figure could be found,
Of old Aunt Gertrude standing there, her flab jiggling ‘round.
‘
The Ballad Of
Aunty Gertrude
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