by Daniel Kelly – 2024
For the 125th anniversary of the public school at Wee Jasper.
D G Two hours out of Canberra, D A On a long and windy road, G D Once you cross the Taemus Bridge D A’ Where the murrumbidggee flows, D You’ll find some magic country, G D Shaped a million years ago, A’ D Rocky hills and crystal rivers, A D Where the eucalyptus grows, D A’ And there’s a tiny school, D G With a giant heart, A D For the big big world, G A’ There’s no better start, D A’ With community, D G In a world apart, G A’ D Here at Wee Jasper School We rode to school on horseback, Left our ponies to the grass, Unless your name was Harold Carey And rode straight into the class, Though often small in number, We are always taught with care, For a century and a quarter, Young lives were started here. The school house is still standing, Despite bureaucracy and years, A 1000 students through the doors, All off on their careers, When the Education Minister, Arrives by chopper once again, He’ll see the school is thriving, An may it never end,