I sing abaout the things I see around me The beauty of Australia that surrounds me I sing in songs about this sunburnt land Especially for the ones who understand I sing about the people that I know And a song about the places where I go When I sing about the beauty that astounds me Oh I just sing about the things I see around me I sing about a ringer they called Trumby How the man from Snowy River wheeled the brumby I sing of towns a thousand miles from here And the poor pub that ran right out of beer I sing about the folks that battled drought In that hard dry country further out When I sing about their courage that astounds me I just singing about the folk I see around me I sing about the old retired drover And the transport men whose trucking days are over I sing about the Golden Mile And the people who are living anthill style I sing about the hardships and the strife The battling man must suffer in this life When I tell you all their stories that astoune you I just talk about the folk you see around you I sing abaout the things I see around me The beauty of Australia that surrounds me I sing in songs about this sunburnt land Especially for the ones who understand I sing about the people that I know And a song about the places where I go When I sing about the beauty that astounds me Oh I just sing about the things I see around me