Carrying in the warm breeze of February in Yangery today
The sweet scent of grass mowed for silage or hay
Between the city of Warrnambool and Koroit Town
The countryside green a few weeks back is now looking brown
Going back in time history tells us so
The Yangery tribe lived here up to two centuries ago
It seems a sad enough thing for to have to say
That any of their tribe is not known for to be living today
In this countryside now that could do with more trees
It is said some Yangery women gave birth to and raised children of shipwrecked Portugese
And that many of them fell victims of invaders and the remainder of them from their lands dispossessed
And somewhere in the dark earth of Yangery their bones are at rest
It is peaceful and sunny in Yangery today
Where the warm breeze is carrying the sweet scent of grass mowed for silage or hay
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