@msolga,
Here we go. My personal favourite bits of Melbourne.
The Yarra River, in the CBD. Much derided & maligned by interstate folk (dirty brown river,etc, etc ... (What would
they know?
) & loved by every Melbournian.:
It's been the feature of so many Melbourne songs. This one's my favourite. It's gotta be sung with deep feeling &
love!
:
MY BROWN YARRA
There's a part of me that'll always be
Flowin slowly to the sea
And when I'm far from home I get a shiver
Whenever I think of that river
I had a dream that every city
In the world was just as pretty
And through each town there flowed a stream
Just like the river of my dreams
When I die put me in a barra
Wheel me down to the banks of the Yarra
Dig a hole both deep and narra
Bury me by my brown Yarra
Now people change, they'll let you down
They'll hurt you too, that's what I've found
And though that river flows like mud
In my heart and soul it flows like blood
When I die put me in a barra
Wheel me down to the banks of the Yarra
Dig a hole both deep and narra
Bury me by my brown Yarra
Or drop me off of Princes Bridge
Strapped inside a broken fridge
Drop me down in the murky drink
And let me lie where I sink
`
) Me, I wished they'd not built anything at all & created some natural parkland with indigenous plants, leading down to the river. But I didn't get my way, obviously ....
) in the latter part of the journey.
)
