Boomerang of flowers
Music: Leigh Newton, Words: Mary Philip © Leigh Newton 1983 – Recorded on “Christmas in the Scrub” by Leigh Newton
1. A child is lying cradled here,
Beneath the slender gum;
The god of might has left his home,
And to Australia come.
The kookaburra laughs with glee,
The shy koala peeps,
The magpie carols blissfully,
As little Jesus sleeps
Chorus
What shall we give our infant king?
A boomerang of flowers?
To say come back and stay with us
And be forever ours. (repeat)
2. One day a cross will hold him fast,
And lest we should forget,
Above him in the sapphire sky
A cross of stars is set.
But there’ll be no pain for today,
But peace and joy and love.
Beneath the slender gum he sleeps,
And magpies sing above.
Thanks for the rewording Liegh.
Still keeps Australia and the Christmas Story linked.
Look forward to sharing this and some of your other Christmas in the Scrub songs with Gosford Uniting Church Congregation and community. They haven’t heard them before they say.
Thanks for your feedback. I just wrote the melody for this one. I still have to post the words for the Christmas in the Shed songs – it should be in the next few weeks.