The Mylora Elopement (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
By the winding Wollondilly where the weeping willows weep, And the shepherd, with his billy, half awake and half asleep, ...
By the winding Wollondilly where the weeping willows weep, And the shepherd, with his billy, half awake and half asleep, ...
'Tis strange that in a land so strong So strong and bold in mighty youth, We have no poet's voice ...
Here lies a bloke who's just gone West, A Number One Australian; He took his gun and did his best ...
So you're back from up the country, Mister Lawson, where you went, And you're cursing all the business in a ...
"You come and see me, boys," he said; "You'll find a welcome and a bed And whisky any time you ...
OUT in the wastes of the West countrie, Out where the white stars shine, Grim and silent as such men ...
Well, I've waited mighty patient while they all came rolling in, Mister Lawson, Mister Dyson, and the others of their ...
Far to the Northward there lies a land, A wonderful land that the winds blow over, And none may fathom ...
Oh, Mr Gilhooley he turned up his toes, As most of you know, soon or late; And Jones was a ...
Now is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey -- A man must cover with travelling ...
This is the place where they all were bred; Some of the rafters are standing still; Now they are scattered ...
We see it each day in the paper, And know that there's mischief in store; That some unprofessional caper Has ...
They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide; There were the sons of field and flock ...
What! you don't like him; well, maybe -- we all have our fancies, of course: Brumby to look at, you ...
Ambition I am the maid of the lustrous eyes Of great fruition, Whom the sons of men that are over-wise ...
There's some that ride the Robbo style, and bump at every stride; While others sit a long way back, to ...
As I lie at rest on a patch of clover In the Western Park when the day is done. I ...
"Only a pound," said the auctioneer, "Only a pound; and I'm standing here Selling this animal, gain or loss -- ...
Oh, some folk think vice-royalty is festive and hilarious, The duties of an A.D.C. are manifold and various, So listen, ...
The boys had come back from the races All silent and down on their luck; They'd backed 'em, straight out ...
'Twas the dingo pup to his dam that said, "It's time I worked for my daily bread. Out in the ...
'Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog By the troopers of the upper Murray side, ...
It chanced out back at the Christmas time, When the wheat was ripe and tall, A stranger rode to the ...
I thought, in the days of the droving, Of steps I might hope to retrace, To be done with the ...
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