THE WOMBAT, THE POSSUM AND THE SMALL GECKO
(Leigh Newton, 1991)


Said a wombat burrowing down below,
"Can you feel that rumble deep and slow?
"Even deeper than the gum trees grow."
Said a wombat burrowing down below.

Said a gecko scuttling 'cross the sand.
"I can sense a might power at hand,
"Even greater than this ancient land."
Said a gecko scuttling 'cross the sand.

Said a possum scurrying up a tree,
"See the star as bright as bright can be!
"It's above that shed, now can you see?"
Said a possum scurrying up a tree.

Bridge: 
So they walked through the still of the summer night,
To the shed where the star was shining;
And they found a baby lying,
Asleep on a bed of hay.

Said the wombat, the possum and the small gecko,
"Do you think that God has come to show
"How God smiles on creatures high and low?"
Said the wombat, the possum and the small gecko.

So the wombat, the possum and the small gecko
Went and told each emu, each dingo,
Every mouse and burrower, roo and crow;
Did the wombat, the possum and the small gecko.

They went and told each emu, each dingo;
Did the wombat, the possum and the small gecko.
The wombat, the possum and the small gecko.