The First Day Of June

The first day of June and the southern calendar Winter in the dawn cool and gray
The magpies are warbling for to herald the day
The long range weather forecast has June far cooler and wetter than May
But it is Summer by the mountains from here far away
The skylark leaves the bracken and above the mountain does fly
A musical speck in the morning sky
And birds proclaiming their territory in the leafy groves sing
In their nesting time to July from the early Spring
On the first day of the Southern Winter the rain drizzling down
At dawn on the quiet streets of the old coastal town
And though Winter can be a cool and wet time of year
Every Winter dawn  to the Spring brings us one more day near
The first day of Winter in the dawning drizzling and gray
The magpie is singing for to herald the day.