(copyright Warner-Chappell)
greg champion colin buchanan

The holly & the ivy
if they come up in your yard
then go and get the Roundup
and hit the mongrels hard


The feral pig & cane toad
have a right to exist
but they don't fit our ecology
and make awful Christmas gifts


The rabbit is a dreadful pest
and introduced of course
but it makes a bonzer Christmas dish
with gravy and plum sauce


The privet & lantana
are a blight upon our land
why anyone would plant them
I will never understand


The banksia and bottlebrush
koala and emu
they are honest Aussie Diggers
they're the only ones true blue


The holly & the ivy
if they come up in your yard
then go and get the Roundup
and hit the mongrels hard