The Old Merri River Is So Old In Time Poem by Francis Duggan

In and out of Lake Pertobe it slowly winds it's way
And then on to the ocean close to Lady Bay
The waterway that has inspired story and rhyme
The old Merri River is so old in time
Many centuries before the first people to Australia came
And long before it was called The Merri by name
And long even before there was Warrnambol Town
The old winding river it babbled on down
To flow into saltwater at the Pacifc Shore
It has flowed forever and will flow forever more
Many people like the Seasons have come and have gone
But the old Merri River forever flows on
In and out of Lake Pertobe it slowly winds it's way
And on to the ocean close to Lady Bay.