Billy Barlow in Australia (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
When I was at home I was down on my luck,And I earned a poor living by drawing a truck;But ...
When I was at home I was down on my luck,And I earned a poor living by drawing a truck;But ...
All you on emigration bent,With home and England ill-content,Come, listen to my sad lament, All about the bush ...
I've had all sorts of luck, sometimes bad, sometimes better, But now I have somebody's luck and my ...
We often hear men boast about the land which gave them birth,And each one thinks his native land the fairest ...
Away with those whimsical bubbles of airWhich only excite a momentary stare;Attention to plans of utility pay,Weigh anchor, and steer ...
A club there is established here, whose name they say is Legion;From Melbourne to the Billabong they're known in every ...
I'm very unhappy, tho' nothing I've done.I'll tell you the cause of my sorrow;To-morrow my darling is leaving the run,She ...
Prate not to me of foreign strand,Of beauty o'er the sea -"This is my own - my native land" -The ...
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