Friday Morning In Illowa

Friday morning in Illowa and the dawn has broken gray
And the weather wet and blustery for a November Spring day
Quite cool for Spring and November it is only twelve degrees
With the magpies and the blackbirds singing on the windblown trees

But going by the weather forecast the weather will turn fine
That the day will be breezy and sunny with long spells of sunshine
After the recent showery weather countless wildflowers to be seen
And the undulating paddocks of Illowa looking healthy lush and green

Friday morning in the Moyne Shire and the rain is pouring down
Takes me back to my first homeplace Claraghatlea by Millstreet Town
Of wet and windy weather in the greeness of the May
Rain does always bring back memories of places far away

And though the past has gone forever memories do linger still
Of when the gray rain fogs of morning slowly creep down Clara Hill
Only fleeting bits of memory of the long gone past does stay
And the now is what should matter as the wise are known to say

With cloud precipitation Nature's gift to Mother Earth one ought not to complain
How nice to hear the pee wees singing they don't seem to mind the rain
On this gray morning in Illowa the rain is pouring down
It takes me back again to Claragatlea just west of Millstreet Town.