‘Possum’ A Lay of New Chumland (Henry Lawson Poems)
SO YER trav'lin' for yer pleasure while yer writin' for the press?An' yer huntin' arter "copy"?-well, I've heer'd o' that. ...
SO YER trav'lin' for yer pleasure while yer writin' for the press?An' yer huntin' arter "copy"?-well, I've heer'd o' that. ...
What's de use ob wukin in de Summer time at all,When de sun am bilin' hot en de sweat begins ...
You kin talk erbout yo' 'lasses an' yo' steamin' buckwheat cakes,'Bout yo' eisters fried in crackers, an' yo' juicy hot ...
Cum here, Mandy, what's you chewin',Take dat bread right out yo' mouf,Do you know what you'se doin'?You'se de worry ob ...
(A Warning)'Simmons ripenin' in de fall,You better run,Brudder 'Possum, run!Mockin' bird commence to call,You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out ...
W'EN de clouds is hangin' heavy in de sky,An' de win's 's a-taihin' moughty vig'rous by,I don' go a-sighin' all ...
The boy lives on our Farm, he's not Afeard o' horses none!An' he can make 'em lope, er trot, Er rack, er ...
Oh, dip some 'taters down in greaseEn fling de dogs a 'tater apiece.Ram yo' brogans clean er tacks,Split de splinters ...
Home, Sweet Home. I'm a Bedfordshire Chap, and Bill Stumps is my name, And to tell it don't give me ...
One Glass Of Beer. Tom Smith was the son of a Bedfordshire man; (The Smiths, we all know, are a ...
Now, be the Hokey Fly! sez Peter Begg."Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to ...
Fred And Bill. Two twins were once born in a Bedfordshire home; Such events in the best managed households may ...
My sort, she sez, "don't meet no fairy prince." I can't 'elp 'earin' part uv wot was said ...
Come, all ye lads an' list to me,That's left your homes an' crossed the sea,To try your fortune, bound or ...
Ben Bowyang spluttered with rage suppressed, "Hi, there!" And his brow was black,As two by two and three by three ...
Nay, I'm moithered, fairly maddled, What's a "nicker-peck" to do? My owd brain's a egg that's addled, Tryin' ...
Bride weather it is, my lad,And old bones feel it today;The wind's a tooth as sharp as a gad,The frost ...
Deze eatin' folks may tell me ub de gloriz ub spring lam',An' de toofsumnis ub tuckey et wid cel'ry an' ...
They talk about gardens of roses,And moonlight over the sea,And mountains and snowAnd sunsetty glow,But I know what is best ...
To go or not to go, that is the question:Whether it pays best to suffer pesteringBy idle ...
I'M not a chicken; I have seen Full many a chill September, And though I was a youngster then, That ...
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