Carol of the Birds

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Carol of the Birds
Out on the plains the brolgas are dancing
Lifting their feet like war horses prancing
Up to the sun the woodlarks go winging
Faint in the dawn light echoes their singing
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
Down where the tree ferns grow by the river
There where the waters sparkle and quiver
Deep in the gullies bell-birds are chiming
Softly and sweetly their lyric notes rhyming
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
Friar birds sip the nectar of flowers
Currawongs chant in the wattle tree bowers
In the blue ranges lorikeets calling
Carols of bushbirds rising and falling
Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day
Written by: William Garnet James & John Wheeler

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The word "Orana" means "Welcome"
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Off-Site Webpages about Australian Birds and Wattle

The Birds which are
featured during
"Carol of the Birds"

Wattle -- featured in both
"Carol of the Birds" and
"At the Melting of the Snow"

Please click on the above pictures or titles to go to the webpages
about the birds and the wattle tree mentioned in the Carol
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