The sun behind grey clouds is hidden away
But the birds they are singing in Yangery today
In a place named after a tribe who lived there long ago
Who were displaced and became extinct history tell us so
In the Yangery they lived in no sheep, horse or cow
Quite a different Yangery to what it is now
No tractors ploughing for crops no cars and trucks noising up and down
On the busy roadway between Warrnambool and Koroit Town
Many changes have come to Yangery in two centuries
To make way for introduced ruminants and intense crop growing much removal of trees
The arrival of colonizers to Yangery change with them did bring
But this to the detriment of the local indigenous tribe and this is such a sad thing
No didgeridoos heard in Yangery today
That time with it brings changes does seem true to say.
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