Weary Will

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.