Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, Carve my initials deep, Where this tall tree pair, I'll be happy there, I don't want no one to weep, Near the great divide where I used to ride, Near a town with just one pub, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, Near the turkey mound by the fertile ground, Where the dingoes howl at night, Where the hills are blue and the neighbours few, Flip face stands out of white, Silver mile, trees sway in the breeze, On a black so plain that's flat, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, I couldn't want more than that, My wife and I are on a natural high, And the cattle like our land, The horses shine and the air's like wine, Near a home with a garden grand, Where we raised our kids and earned our quits, Where the bullocks grow wide and fat, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, I couldn't want more than that, On the mountain spur where the scrubbers were, On the east of the great divide, Where the Dawson heads, There's two homesteads, Two cattle yards my pride, I'm clean and green, Where the scrub's still seen, And the young scrub Mickey stirs, Can you picture me, Near a bottle tree, With my sock whip and my spurs, My wife and I are on a natural high, And the cattle like our land, The horses shine and the air's like wine, Near a home with a garden grand, Where we raised our kids and earned our quits, Where the bullocks grow wide and fat, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, I couldn't want more than that, Let the billard trees sing in the breeze, Their music suits me fine, Let the kangaroos and the cockatoos, Share my sacred shrine, Where the buffalo grows a gas, While flows of fiery storm clouds loom, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, Where the wild bush orchids bloom, My wife and I are on a natural high, And the cattle like our land, The horses shine and the air's like wine, Near a home with a garden grand, Where we raised our kids and earned our quits, Where the bullocks grow wide and fat, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, I couldn't want more than that, Carve a cross for me on a bottle tree, I couldn't want more than that, I couldn't want more than that,