The strongest creature for his
But least equipped for
That dwells beneath Australian
Is Weary Will the Wombat.
He digs his homestead underground,
He's neither shrewd nor clever;
For kangaroos can leap and
But wombats dig forever.
The boundary rider's netting
Excites his irritation;
It is to his untutored
His pet abomination.
And when to pass it he desires,
Upon his task he'll
And dig a hole beneath the
Through which the dingoes enter.
And when to block the hole they
With logs and stones and rubble,
Bill Wombat digs it out
Without the slightest trouble.
The boundary rider bows to fate,
Admits he's made a
And rigs a little swinging
To let Bill Wombat under.
So most contentedly he
Between his haunt and burrow:
He does the only thing he knows,
And does it very thorough.
