Trentham Poem by Francis Duggan

The cattle and sheep do look skinny, the paddocks are so bare and dry
And we've seen less rain thus far in August 'twould seem than we've seen in July
And the farmer did not appear happy and with a slow shake of his head
Pointed towards the dam almost empty, the drought is not over he said.

A grass hopper could not live off of those paddocks and the creek in a slow trickle flow
And the Spring it is almost upon us we need rain for the grass to grow
The landscape has never been drier and not a dropp of water in the roadside drain
It would not take an Einstein to work out that this country could do with more rain.

The huge Wombat Forest is quite dry as dry as it ever has been
The undergrowth scrub needs more moisture though over all it does look green,
We stopped for awhile in the Town of Trentham where music filled the evening air
A violinist and a keyboard player they did seem a musical pair.

The farmer did not seem too happy he had no reason to smile
He said we need more rain in Trentham we did not see good rainfall for some while
And as we drove out of old Trentham the paddocks around looked so bare
The cattle and sheep looked so skinny a grass hopper would not fatten there.