Andrew Barton Paterson Poems (214 Poems)
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Cassidy’s Epitaph (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
Here lies a bloke who’s just gone West, A Number One Australian; He took his gun and did his best To mitigate the alien. So long as he could get to work He needed no sagacity; A German, Austrian, or … Continue reading
How M’Ginnis went missing (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
Let us cease our idle chatter, Let the tears bedew our cheek, For a man from Tallangatta Has been missing for a week. Where the roaring flooded Murray Covered all the lower land, There he started in a hurry, With … Continue reading
The Matrimonial Stakes (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
I wooed her with a steeplechase, I won her with a fall, I made her heartstrings quiver on the flat When the pony missed his take-off, and we crached into the wall; Well, she simply had to have me after … Continue reading
“In re a Gentleman, One” (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
We see it each day in the paper, And know that there’s mischief in store; That some unprofessional caper Has landed a shark on the shore. We know there’ll be plenty of trouble Before they get through with the fun, … Continue reading
The Premier and the Socialist (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
The Premier and the Socialist Were walking through the State: They wept to see the Savings Bank Such funds accumulate. “If these were only cleared away,” They said, “it would be great.” “If three financial amateurs Controlled them for a … Continue reading
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 beside Suakim’s Bay, With faces stern and resolute, do stand, Waking the desert’s echoes with the drum — Men of … Continue reading
Not On It (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
The new chum’s polo pony was the smartest pony yet — The owner backed it for the Cup for all that he could get. The books were laying fives to one, in tenners; and you bet He was on it. … Continue reading
In Defence of the Bush (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
So you’re back from up the country, Mister Lawson, where you went, And you’re cursing all the business in a bitter discontent; Well, we grieve to disappoint you, and it makes us sad to hear That it wasn’t cool and … Continue reading
Saltbush Bill’s Second Flight (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large, That twenty thousand travelling sheep, with Saltbush Bill in charge, Were drifting down from a dried-out run to ravage the Castlereagh; And the squatters swore when … Continue reading
The Rule of the A.J.C. (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
Come all ye bold trainers attend to my song, It’s a rule of the A.J.C. You mustn’t train ponies, for that’s very wrong By the rules of the A.J.C. You have to wear winkers when crossing the street, For fear … Continue reading
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