<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408745" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Somewhere Up In Queensland</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's somewhere up in Queensland,<br>The old folks used to say;<br>He’s somewhere up in Queensland,<br>The people say to-day.<br>But Somewhere (up in Queensland)<br>That uncle used to know—<br>That filled our hearts with wonder,<br>Seems vanished long ago. <br>He’s gone to Queensland, droving,<br>The old folks used to say;<br>He’s gone to Queensland, droving,<br>The people say to-day.<br>But “gone to Queensland, droving,”<br>Might mean, in language plain,<br>He follows stock in buggies,<br>And gets supplies by train. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s knocking round in Queensland,<br>The old folks used to say;<br>He’s gone to Queensland, roving,<br>His sweetheart says to-day.<br>But “gone to Queensland, roving”<br>By mighty plain and scrub,<br>Might mean he drives a motor-car<br>For Missus Moneygrub. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s looking for new country,<br>The old folks used to say;<br>Our boy has gone exploring,<br>Fond parents say to-day.<br>“Exploring” out in Queensland<br>Might only mean to some<br>He’s salesman in “the drapery”<br>Of a bush emporium. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To somewhere up in Queensland<br>Went Tom and Ted and Jack;<br>From somewhere up in Queensland<br>The dusty cheques come back:<br>From somewhere up in Queensland<br>Brown drovers used to come,<br>And someone up in Queensland<br>Kept many a southern home. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somewhere up in Queensland,<br>How many black sheep roam,<br>Who never write a letter,<br>And never think of home.<br>For someone up in Queensland<br>How many a mother spoke;<br>For someone up in Queensland<br>How many a girl’s heart broke.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Henry+Lawson">Henry Lawson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408745" data-title="Somewhere Up In Queensland de Henry Lawson" data-description="He's somewhere up in Queensland, The old folks used to say; He’s somewhere up in Queensland, The people say to-day. But Somewhere (up in Queensland) That uncle used to know— That filled our hearts with wonder, Seems vanished long ago. He’s ..."></div> </div> </div>

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