Bernette Poem by Francis Duggan

I'll remember her forever till the last day of my life
That good lady from Buninyong Bernette Bambi's wife
She liked us Pipeline workers and we owe her quite a lot
And the kindness she showed to us won't be easily forgot.

But I don't envy Bernette that good woman with blond hair
As she is prone to suffer and she suffer her own share
But she doesn't deserve to suffer as she's far too kind and good
And why God does this to kind people I have never understood

She's one great lady Bernette and she's worked hard down the years
And every time I think about her feel my heart well up with tears
You can bet you'll not meet many who are quite so good as she
And she's one woman in a million you can have that straight from me.

She's a noble hearted woman who has felt her share of pain
But she always shows her bright side she doesn't easily complain
And for her courage and her bravery she has carved her own renown
And she always comes up smiling you can't keep a good one down.

She was our true friend in Buninyong and we loved her as a friend
And we'll hold good memories of her right up to the very end
She's the famed 'Lollipop lady' and she take life day by day
And for to help you out dear Bernette she would go out of her way.