Australia’s Pride (William Thomas Goodge Poems)
Now Pat Ahearne, of IngleburnUpon the Castlereagh,Was flush of cash and very 'flash'As shearer-persons say.At Yankee grab his luck was ...
Now Pat Ahearne, of IngleburnUpon the Castlereagh,Was flush of cash and very 'flash'As shearer-persons say.At Yankee grab his luck was ...
'Tis the everyday AustralianHas a language of his own,Has a language, or a slanguage,Which can simply stand alone.And a 'dickon ...
Oh, he was a handsome trotter, and he couldn't be completer,He had such a splendid action and he trotted to ...
King Whishey's father down in Hell,He rubbed his hands with glee,'My son on earth is doing well,Extremely well,' said he;'Pile ...
When M,Ginnis struck the mining camp at Jamberoora CreekHis behaviour was appreciated highly;For, although he was a quiet man, in ...
Jock M'Pherson was a person who was boastful in conversin',But respectable and ponderous and dignified withal!Con M'Carty was a party ...
Things is just the same as everOn the outer Never-Never,And you look to find the stock of liquor scanty,But we ...
The sunburnt ---- stockman stoodAnd, in a dismal ---- mood,Apostrophized his ---- cuddy;'The ---- nag's no ---- good,He couldn't earn ...
'You talk of snakes,' said Jack the Rat,'But blow me, one hot summer,I seen a thing that knocked me flat ...
Now, shearers' cooks, as shearers know,Are very seldom wont to blow;But when I took to dabbing tarAnd 'picking-up' on Blaringar,The ...
'You can talk about yer sheep dorgs,' said the man from Allan's Creek,'But I know a dorg that simply knocked ...
Jack M'Camley,Lank and long,Ox-persuader,Billabong.Bluff and heartySort o' party,Got the 'blanky' habit strong!Says the parson,Bright old bird,'Why'd you use thatHorrid word? ...
Two little dudes from the George-street block,Up for a brief vacation!One little girl in a neat print frock,Maid of the ...
'When I was a kiddy and away out-back,'Said the man with the salt-bush lingo.'My dogs, two cattle-dogs, grey and black,They ...
'Tis of the Wild Colonial Boy Brought up by honest parents [Now, Strawberry, what are ...
The baker-man was kneading doughAnd whistling softly, sweet and lough.Yet ever and anon he'd coughAs though his head were coming ...
The preacher quoted, and the cranksAmong his congregation smiled,'How sharper than a serpent's thanksIt is to have a toothless child.'He ...
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