To Where The Magpies Are Singing In Birdsland Today Poem by Francis Duggan

In fancy my thoughts carry me far away
To where the magpies are singing in Birdsland today
In a beautiful place that poets and artists to creativity inspire
The gem in the crown of the Yarra Ranges Shire
By the hills east of Melbourne with a charm of it's own
Old Birdsland for it's natural beauty well known
Home to wallaby, wombat, crimson rosella and sulphur crested cockatoo
And the large dark brown parrot known as the weerloo
Good memories of such a place with one does remain
Those who visit Birdsland visit there again
Of singing the praises could one ever tire
Of this beautiful place in the Yarra Ranges Shire
Where the silver billed magpies are singing today
In beautiful Birdsland from here far away.