Elvie Poem by Francis Duggan

She talks of the country around Powlett river
And the highlands of South Gippsland gray to brown
And though her search for self betterment has brought her north to Sydney
She still remembers old Wonthaggi Town.

For the past five years Elvie has lived in Sydney
And at twenty five a woman in her prime
She is doing quite well in Australia's largest city
And she has settled well though it took time.

For the first year she pined for old Wonthaggi
And for South Gippsland many miles away
But she feels happy that she overcame nostalgia
And she feels happy where she's at today.

But still she talks of Dalyston and Kilcunda
And of Cape Paterson the sea air and sea spray
And Inverloch where she and dad went fishing
And Tarwin Lower and the surf beach at Venus Bay.

Elvie feels happy with her lot in Sydney
With the better lifestyle and the higher pay
But still she often talks about South Gippsland
And her home Town of Wonthaggi far away.