In The Quiet Countryside

In the quiet countryside in the moonlight

A boobook owl is calling in the still of the night

The small birds roosting in the bushes near

Awake to the voice of a bird they do fear

With their tiny hearts beating in fright

To seek a safer shelter they take to flight

Nature with them her knowledge does share

And warns them of those that they ought to beware

They know the brown owl who roosts in the day

Their sort do seek at night on to prey

Quite spooked with a boobook owl calling nearby

To seek safer shelter they quickly do fly

A full moon is shining in the starry sky

As a boobook owl mopoke mopoke does cry.