Come-by-Chance (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary -- For the plot was void of interest; 'twas ...
As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary -- For the plot was void of interest; 'twas ...
'Tis strange that in a land so strong So strong and bold in mighty youth, We have no poet's voice ...
'Twas Driver Smith of Battery A was anxious to see a fight; He thought of the Transvaal all the day, ...
Here lies a bloke who's just gone West, A Number One Australian; He took his gun and did his best ...
It was while we held our races -- Hurdles, sprints and steplechases -- Up in Dandaloo, That a crowd of ...
"Aye," said the boozer, "I tell you it's true, sir, I once was a punter with plenty of pelf, But ...
Now look, you see, it's this way like, You cross the broken bridge And run the crick down till you ...
Weary and listless, sad and slow, Without any conversation, Was a man that worked on The Overflow, The butt of ...
This was the way of it, don't you know -- Ryan was "wanted" for stealing sheep, And never a trooper, ...
A land, as far as the eye can see, where the waving grasses grow Or the plains are blackened and ...
Oh, some folk think vice-royalty is festive and hilarious, The duties of an A.D.C. are manifold and various, So listen, ...
Out where the grey streams glide, Sullen and deep and slow, And the alligators slide From the mud to the ...
I thought, in the days of the droving, Of steps I might hope to retrace, To be done with the ...
You never heard tell of the story? Well, now, I can hardly believe! Never heard of the honour and glory ...
The Mountains A land of sombre, silent hills, where mountain cattle go By twisted tracks, on sidelings deep, where giant ...
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