My Country Read by Dorothea McKellar

[cockneydoll]

This is my favourite poem and so beautifully read by Dorothea McKeller. What a shame it was ruined with the some dreadful images 

[F2rbL]

The love of field and coppice,

Of green and shaded lanes,

Of ordered woods and gardens

Is running in your veins;

Strong love of grey-blue distance,

Brown streams and soft, dim skies-

I know but cannot share it,

My love is otherwise [...]

[ringosinclair]

what is with the pictures?

a beautiful poem with some odd images 

[ThozzaTV]

@ringosinclair Humour.

[ThozzaTV]

Humour

[TheDrewbyrnes]

the pictures aren't even australia

[teddysock]

@TheDrewbyrnes I'm pretty sure that Banjo Patterson, Steve Irwin and lambing Flat are all australian!!!!!

[Longstride9]

whos the idiot who disliked it i got this for HMW

[Longstride9]

whos the idiot who disliked it

[thebestestperson]

This doens't sound like a nineteen year old!

[JPhilDee]

I learned this poem at school, and like almost everyone else, got it wrong. Check almost any book containing this poem, and even the "Official Dorothea Mackellar website", and you'll find lines in the third verse do not match those quoted by the poet herself.

"The tragic ring-barked forests, stark white beneath the moon", makes much more sense than "The stark white ring-barked forests, all tragic to the moon".

And "crimson " soil instead of "warm dark" soil.

How did this happen?

JPhilDee

[wislinman]

@JPhilDee The author said that she revised this poem many times, so there are other versions.

[JPhilDee]

I learned this poem at school, and like almost everyone else, got it wrong. Check almost any book containing this poem, and even the "Official Dorothea Mackellar website", and you'll find lines in the third verse do not match those quoted by the poet herself.

"The tragic ring-barked forests, stark white beneath the moon", makes much more sense than "The stark white ring-barked forests, all tragic to the moon".

And "crimson " soil instead of "warm dark" soil.

How did this happen?

[mrsnotbynature]

Brings a tear and a lump.This poem says it all.And when times are tough,and nature is giving us a walloping it gives me hope and strength.Reminds I would live nowhere else.

[suejay]

AS a young girl growing up in South Australia we used to sing MY country.Most beautiful sound to incredibly beautiful lyrics,This should be our Anthem.... The music is haunting

[Gerry319videos]

@suejay I believe you're thinking of Song of Australia, not My Country. The music is indeed haunting, but in my opinion the words would be very unsuitable as an anthem for us at this time. Then there's the odd phrase "Are gleaming with a thousand dyes" which always sounds like "Are gleaming with a thousand eyes." As a child, I used to wonder where those eyes were and what they were looking at!

[suejay]

@Gerry319videos No Gerry we used to sing the Song of Australia also,,,,,, This song was introduced to us at Plympton Primary School S.Aust. by our headmaster at the time a Mr. Scoble It was called a Sunburnt Country By Dorathea Mackellar. I can sing you whole song if'n ya want, ;-)

[spiderpigjnr]

Great poem, and Im a pom

[GymnastSarah1996]

doing a english home work lol 20% of grade hehe

[RamboAmbo]

I just googled this awesome poem 'cause I'm sick to my teeth hearing about the floods in QLD.

Here's a tip to every Aussie - This poem was written in 1908 and it mentions "droughts and flooding rains."

So STFU about the floods.

[FreeRideHorses]

Ok I think most of the video was so so but I really love the end with the cockatoos! Fantastic!

[sridg9]

i know this poem as a song

[ThozzaTV]

Really, who by?

[lilkenobi]

@ThozzaTV I think it may have been Dulcie Holland who composed the music for the song version but I'm not sure. I remember singing it in primary school though.

[maneybeasley]

@ThozzaTV I think her name is Jackie Trent! She also wrote the neighbours theme song. FYI

[ThozzaTV]

Thanks alot.

[banksiasong]

What a gem, to have this beautiful poem read by the poet herself.

In times of weather extremes, I turn to this poem for reassurance, that our country will endure.

Such is the case today, firestorms in the South East of Australia has killed over 130 people, and left thousands without homes.

To the North, floods have drowned towns, and caused the death of people and animals.

Working together is how we will all come through these calamities, that is what our climate extremes has taught me.

[ThozzaTV]

Nice to hear. Thanks.

[cazadaz]

I LOVE AUSTRALIA TOO.

[ThozzaTV]

Thanks for comment.

[Lizziekirk]

Great !!!