THE DROVERS’SONG by Desmond Kelly “the Star of eLanka” This one is especially for our Aussie “Country-folk”, the farmers, the cattle-men, & “Country-girls” who, for no fault of their own, sometimes lead very lonely lives, indeed. In this huge, beautiful Country, one hears about these “workers”, but that is as far as it goes. The men, spending far more time with “cattle” they are tending, because, this is what they do, get much less time with their families, and, as a result, their wives often feel the lonliness associated with the “farming life” even though they are kept busy with their home-duties & children, if any. I have written this little “song” especially for the “drovers” in Australia. This is for you, guys (& girls). “AS THE SHADOWS OF TWILIGHT ARE FALLING AND THE LONG COLD NIGHT IS NEAR HOW I WISH YOU WERE WITH ME, MY DARLING CLOSE MY ...