By hut, homestead and shearing shed, br By railroad, coach and track- br By lonely graves where rest the dead, br Up-Country and Out-Back: br To where beneath the clustered stars br The dreamy plains expand- br br My home lies wide a thousand miles br In Never-Never Land. br It lies beyond the farming belt, br Wide wastes of scrub and plain, br A blazing desert in the drought, br A lake-land after rain; br To the skyline sweeps the waving grass, br Or whirls the scorching sand- br A phantom land, a mystic realm! br The Never-Never Land. br br Where lone Mount Desolation lies br Mounts Dreadful and Despair- br 'Tis lost beneath the rainless skies br In hopeless deserts there; br It spreads nor-west by No-Man's Land br Where clouds are seldom seen br To where the cattle stations lie br Three hundred miles between. br br The drovers of the Great Stock Routes br The strange Gulf country Know br Where, travelling from the southern droughts, br The big lean bullocks go; br And camped by night where plains lie wide, br Like some old ocean's bed, br The watchmen in the starlight ride br Round fifteen hundred head. br br Lest in the city I forget br True mateship after all, br My water-bag and billy yet br Are hanging on the wall; br And I, to save my soul again, br Would tramp to sunsets grand br With sad-eyed mates across the plain br In Never-Never Land.