A Ballad for Elderly Kids (C J Dennis Poems)
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
C J Dennis Poems on Sense & Perception (89 Poems)
Joi, The Glug (C J Dennis Poems)
The Glugs abide in a far, far landThat is partly pebbles and stones and sand, But mainly earth of a ...
The Call of Stoush (C J Dennis Poems)
Wot price ole Ginger Mick? 'E's done a break - Gone to the flamin' war to stoush the foe.Wus it ...
Sari Bair (C J Dennis Poems)
So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck,An' there's more than one ole pal ...
Get Work (C J Dennis Poems)
On one fine but fatal morning in the early Eocene, Lo, a brawny Bloke set out to dig a hole:First ...
A Letter To The Front (C J Dennis Poems)
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the ...
The Leader That Was Pushed (C J Dennis Poems)
Once on a time a general whose name is handed downTo the present generation as a name of high renown ...
The Disillusioned Fuse (C J Dennis Poems)
Beneath a lamp in Spring-street, on a recent calm spring night,I came unwittingly upon a most pathetic sight;A sorry spectacle ...
Listeners Luck (C J Dennis Poems)
My sort, she sez, "don't meet no fairy prince." I can't 'elp 'earin' part uv wot was said ...
The Minglers (C J Dennis Poems)
A sight that gives me much distress Is George without his trousers,Garbed, scantily, in bathing dress Proscribed by saintly Wowsers,And ...
The Freetrade Rabbit Pie (C J Dennis Poems)
Ses Cullen, the cockie, he ses to me:"Now, I puts it to you in this way:If a feller....(Woah, Ginger! Come ...
The Corpse That Won’t Lie Still (C J Dennis Poems)
Aye, call it murder is ye will! 'Tis not the crime I fear.If his cold curse would but lie still ...
The Stoush O’ Day (C J Dennis Poems)
Ar, these is 'appy days! An' 'ow they've flown - Flown like the smoke of some inchanted fag;Since dear Doreen, ...
A Spring Song (C J Dennis Poems)
The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul;An' all them joys ...
The Joy Ride (C J Dennis Poems)
Ah Gawd! It makes me sick to think Of what I 'eard an' seen;Poor 'Arry like a wet rag flung ...
The Apologist (C J Dennis Poems)
Dear friends, I'm Deakin....No; no mistake,You're wide awake.It's ALF that's speakin'...I wish to makeA few remarks about - Eh? What,O, ...
An Old Master (C J Dennis Poems)
We were cartin' lathes and palin's from the slopes of Mount St. Leonard,With our axles near the road-bed and the ...
Murray’s Ride (C J Dennis Poems)
I seldom get to hatin' men, nor had much cause to hate;To me, it just a foolish game to play, ...
In The First Elective Ministry (C J Dennis Poems)
In the neolithic age of our Australia, long ago,There dwelt a wise old chieftain, as you probably don't know;His royal ...
Breathing-Time (C J Dennis Poems)
Peace, perfect peace. . . . Come, lay aside your gun.The danger zone is past; the gauntlet run.The bark of ...
Haw! (C J Dennis Poems)
Haw! Good fellow I'm not doubting Your intentions are all right,And your general appearance Is intelligent and bright;But the question ...
The Censor (C J Dennis Poems)
The Censor sits behind his desk, And smiles a censored smile; His great, blue ...
The Wonders of the One Pound Note (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!You .... with but a sixpence in your pocket, and you with half a "quid," and you with a ...
Dad’s Philanthropic Plan (C J Dennis Poems)
I knew an old philanthropist, a farming man was he,Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.He ...
Brown’s Tram (C J Dennis Poems)
A city clerk was Henry Brown,Whose suburb knew nor tram nor train;And ev'ry morn he walked to town. From nine ...
Goophic Phantasm (C J Dennis Poems)
Tho' I own I have no adequate proofsOf this queer tale of the quaint old Goophs - The Goophs ...
The Austral-Aise (C J Dennis Poems)
Fellers of Australier, Blokes an' coves an' coots,Shift yer —- carcases, Move yer —- boots.Gird yer —- loins up, Get ...
The Spotted Heifers (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Jeremiah JeffersOwned a pair of spotted heifersThese he sold for two pounds tenTo Mr Robert Raymond WrenWho reared them ...
Old Town Types No. 28 – Lah-Di-Dah Lane (C J Dennis Poems)
In the old town traditions -- as greybeards will explain --One epic tale immortalises Lah-di-dah Lane, Clerk to a local ...