Pretty Bird Tree Paul Kelly (Ft. Charlie Owen)

Appear on the slopes and plains
In the town of Narabran
On the banks of the Namoi river
'Neath the shade of the pretty bird tree

All my brother Daabi died down there
Neath the willows oh so cool
Now he walks with our ancestors
Underneath the Kamilaroi moon

Namoi River
You're home to me
I sit with you 'neath the pretty bird tree

Early on in life I took to the booze
And drank away my dreams
I watched my life flow steadily bye
Like tear drops down the drain
So I headed for the river, and became a river rat

I'd worn out all my welcomes
No place to hang my head
Oh there was cranky Franky and Jackie brown
Who demand old craigy and me
And would lay next daylight poison dogs
All around the pretty bird tree