Lava Tree
There's a country town called Lava Tree
surrounded by farms full of sheep
where a huge hollow tree can be seen
in which pioneers would once sleep
When asked how the town was labeled
the Lava Tree folk would say
it was that big old tree where pioneers slept
that gave the place its name
"But why Lava Tree?" the visitors asked
wondering about a volcano
then one old timer might shuffle forth
and offer to tell what he know
Said that it was due to the fact
that a cottage was built by the tree
and instead of building an outhouse
they thought they'd have one for free
As the truth of the tale rose to dawn
cluey listeners caught onto the story
that the lava in Lava Tree was simply
that the tree had become a lavatory
Said normal in local chat
that word came out as "lavatree"
and as the pride of the town was that tree
that is the name that had to be
So if visiting Lava Tree, best be polite
if you know how the town got it's name
as jokes about living in an outhouse town
might not go down as tame
Just buy the postcard on the way out
of a town with a mighty tree
to show your friends in distant lands
that you have been to Lava Tree
Jaqi
Bluh
Tuesday
27
November
2018
Note ~ Ask Mr Google for directions, and hunt long enough, and many stories emerge of people living in hollow trees, including Friedrich and Caroline Herbig and two of their 16 children in South Australia, until 1860 ~
surrounded by farms full of sheep
where a huge hollow tree can be seen
in which pioneers would once sleep
When asked how the town was labeled
the Lava Tree folk would say
it was that big old tree where pioneers slept
that gave the place its name
"But why Lava Tree?" the visitors asked
wondering about a volcano
then one old timer might shuffle forth
and offer to tell what he know
Said that it was due to the fact
that a cottage was built by the tree
and instead of building an outhouse
they thought they'd have one for free
As the truth of the tale rose to dawn
cluey listeners caught onto the story
that the lava in Lava Tree was simply
that the tree had become a lavatory
Said normal in local chat
that word came out as "lavatree"
and as the pride of the town was that tree
that is the name that had to be
So if visiting Lava Tree, best be polite
if you know how the town got it's name
as jokes about living in an outhouse town
might not go down as tame
Just buy the postcard on the way out
of a town with a mighty tree
to show your friends in distant lands
that you have been to Lava Tree
Jaqi
Bluh
Tuesday
27
November
2018
Note ~ Ask Mr Google for directions, and hunt long enough, and many stories emerge of people living in hollow trees, including Friedrich and Caroline Herbig and two of their 16 children in South Australia, until 1860 ~
Stories from Lava Tree may return to haunt the verse boats from time to time.
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