Where the Murray Meets the Darling Songtext
von Tania Kernaghan

Where the Murray meets the Darling
Lies a sleepy border town
The grapevines were in season
Laden to the ground
On the gate a rusty sign
"Pickers apply within"
From the cool of her veranda
She watched him wander in

All through the harvest season
In the long hot afternoons
They gathered grapes together
Their love began to bloom
Somehow he had touched her
Like the clinging of the vines
Their lives became entangled
Their hearts became entwined


Where the Murray meets the Darling
By the waters slow and brown
In a secret valley
He laid a blanket down
It was there beside the river
He pledged his love that day
Where the Murray meets the Darling
She gave her heart away

When the harvest time was over
And the leaves began to fall
They planned to travel northward
It was time for moving on
But as the leaves were falling
One night he slipped away
Her love had been forsaken
The vines lay stark and grey

Where the Murray meets the Darling
By the waters slow and brown
In a secret valley
He laid a blanket down
It was there beside the river
He pledged his love that day
Where the Murray meets the Darling
She gave her heart away
Where the Murray meets the Darling
She gave her heart away