Fun - Southern Girls And Boys Poem by Paul Warren

'We are all southern girls and boys'
He said to us in tones slated to enjoy
I come from south of the Mason-Dixon Line
You lot are bound for the South Australian kind

'We sing of Dixie as way down south'
Growing cotton near the Mississippi mouth
But here in the Southern Antipodes its wheat
As the sun shines down in its Summer greet

The Mighty Murray meanders its way through
A dry Outback giving the sun burnt land a water blue
Whilst the Mississippi flows to the delta as it dawns
We have paid our dues so no need to feel forlorn

Both American and Australian are of strong pioneer stock
Use to carving out a home from the wilderness is our lot
As Southern American or South Australian so strong to keep
Ties to our lands we love go down - oh so very deep.

© Paul Warren Poetry