El Mahdi to the Australian Troops (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
And wherefore have they come, this warlike band, That o'er the ocean many a weary day Have tossed; and now ...
And wherefore have they come, this warlike band, That o'er the ocean many a weary day Have tossed; and now ...
"Where 'ave you been this week or more, 'Aven't seen you about the war'? Thought perhaps you was at the ...
'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, ...
It was while we held our races -- Hurdles, sprints and steplechases -- Up in Dandaloo, That a crowd of ...
The stranger came from Narromine and made his little joke-- "They say we folks in Narromine are narrow-minded folk. But ...
The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large, That twenty thousand travelling sheep, with ...
We buried old Bob where the bloodwoods wave At the foot of the Eaglehawk; We fashioned a cross on the ...
Now is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey -- A man must cover with travelling ...
Oh, the weary, weary journey on the trek, day after day, With sun above and silent veldt below; And our ...
The Maoris are a mighty race -- the finest ever known; Before the missionaries came they worshipped wood and stone; ...
Now listen to me and I'll tell you my views concerning the African war, And the man who upholds any ...
There's never a stone at the sleeper's head, There's never a fence beside, And the wandering stock on the grave ...
You never heard tell of the story? Well, now, I can hardly believe! Never heard of the honour and glory ...
My Uncle Bill! My Uncle Bill! How doth my heart with anguish thrill! For he, our chief, our Robin Hood, ...
There was movement at the station, for the word has passed around That the colt from old Regret had got ...
Long ago the Gladiators, When the call to combat came, Marching past the massed spectators, Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim! ...
When you're lying in your hammock, sleeping soft and sleeping sound, Without a care or trouble on your mind, And ...
I bought a run a while ago, On country rough and ridgy, Where wallaroos and wombats grow -- The Upper ...
Wargeilah town is very small, There's no cathedral nor a club, In fact the township, all in all, Is just ...
Did you ever hear tell of Chili? I was readin' the other day Of President Balmaceda and of how he ...
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