Lyrics He's A Cockatoo

It may sound absurd
But I've heard a bird
Who screeches and makes speeches
In the spoken word
He's got a snow white coat
And he can even quote
Some lines from famous poems
That Henry Lawson wrote

And though he's not been known
To use a telephone
He can hold a conversation on his own
He'll say G'day
And then he'll fly away
But he'll be back to talk to us another day

He comes to visit me
And sits up in a tree
And demonstrates his very vast vocabulary
When he says 'hello mate'
You know his diction's great
If I could talk as well as him I'd run the state

He's a cockatoo
And he will talk to you
Or imitate any sound you want him to
He's a cockatoo
He's Aussie through and through
He's a 'hello cocky, have a cracker'
'Hello cocky, what's the matter'
He's a sulphur crested cockatoo