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Those Were the Days, My Friend

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Those Were the Days, My Friend

Stephen Lake

56 | BWA December 2021


Tune: Those were the days

Once upon a time we went bushwalking,Climbed our mountains for a day or two.Remember how we went in rain and sunshine,Going on the tracks that we all knew.

Those were the days, my friend,We thought they'd never end,We'd walk and camp forever and a day.We'd go on trips we choose,We'd walk and never lose,For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la ...

Then COVID-19 made us wary.In our homes where lockdown said to stay.Mountains were then just a distant memory,Thinking of the old times we would say.

Those were the days, my friend,We thought they'd never end,We'd walk and camp forever and a day.We'd go on trips we choose,We'd walk and never lose,For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la ...

Last weekend I went into the mountains,They are still the way they used to be.Windswept slopes, terrain that ventures upwards,Waiting for the visitor to see.

Those were the days, my friend,We thought they'd never end,We'd walk and camp forever and a day.We'd go on trips we choose,We'd walk and never lose,For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la ...

The campsite had the old familiar laughter.COVID came, but old ways they remain.Oh, my friend, we're older and still walking,And where we go the hills are still the same.

Those were the days, my friend,We thought they'd never end,We'd walk and camp forever and a day.We'd go on trips we choose,We'd walk and never lose,For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la ...

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