Who’s Riding Old Harlequin Now? (Harry Breaker Morant Poems)
They are mustering cattle on Brigalow Vale Where the stock-horses whinny and stamp,And where long Andy Ferguson, you may go bail, Is ...
They are mustering cattle on Brigalow Vale Where the stock-horses whinny and stamp,And where long Andy Ferguson, you may go bail, Is ...
In prison cell I sadly sit, A dammed crestfallen chappie, And own to you I feel a bit-- A little bit-unhappy. It really ain't ...
Trapping brumbies in the moonlight! those were nights of reckless fun,'Way back on Campbell's country - on the Goory-bibil run,When ...
We trucked the cows to Homebush, saw the girls, and started back,Went West through Cunnamulla, and got to the Eulo ...
We've drunk our wine, we've kissed our girls, and funds are sinking low,The horses must be thinking it's a fair ...
There's a damper in the ashes, tea and sugar in the bags,There's whips of feed and shelter on the sandridge ...
Ah, Jack! Time finds us feeble men, And all too swift our years have flown.The days are different now to then ...
A dandy old horserman is Brigalow Mick- Which his name, sir, is Michael O'Dowd -Whatever he's riding, when timber is thick, He ...
We were standing by the fireside at the pub one wintry nightDrinking grog and 'pitching fairies' while the lengthening hours ...
Oh! the quiet river-crossing Where we twain were wont to ride,Where the wanton winds were to sing Willow branches o'er the tide.There ...
The morning-tide is fair and bright, With golden sun up-springing;The cedars glowed in the new-born light, And the bell-bird's note was ringing;While ...
Ancient, wrinkled dames and jealous - They whom joyless Age downcasts -And the sere, gray-bearded fellows Who would fain re-live their pasts ...
Now, all the world is green and bright Outside the latticed pane;The fields are decked with gold and white, And Spring has ...
So now the Brands Seek other lands;Alack! long ere they reach 'em A fickle crowd Will cheer as loudFor godly Governor Beauchamp. 'Twill be ...
Somebody's horse has finished his feed, Somebody's saddle is on;But never a nigger the tracks can read, Or know where Somebody's gone.Over ...
When I am tired, and old and worn, And harass'd by regret;When blame, reproach, and worldlings' scorn On every side are met;When ...
Ah me! How clearly they come back -Those golden days of long ago,When down the droughty Bogan trackTom came with ...
Girls in town and boys out back,I've rolled up my little pack,And on june's chill wintry galesSail from pleasant New ...
The world around is sleeping, The stars are bright o'erhead,The shades of myalls weeping Upon the sward are spread;Among the gloomy pinetops The ...
The world around is sleeping, The stars are bright o'erhead,The shades of myalls weeping Upon the sward are spread;Among the gloomy pinetops The ...
He was a bachelor, gallant and gay She was a spinster prim -Pretty and prim, with a wonderful way Which had captivated ...
I can mind him at the start -Easy seat and merry heart!Said he, as he threw a glanceAt the crawling ...
Three droving men, some three weeks sync, Sat drinking the Queensland rum;'Twas four a.m. when twa o' them Saw jock M'Phee succumb.Hech! ...
Athwart the star-lit midnight skyLuminous fleecy clouds drift by,As the mysterious, pallid moonSinks in the waveless still lagoon.Now that the ...
Athwart the star-lit midnight skyLuminous fleecy clouds drift by,As the mysterious, pallid moonSinks in the waveless still lagoon.Now that the ...
So Nell was married yesterday! - Let's fill a bumper mellow,And drain it to old Hymen's sway - And to the lucky ...
So Nell was married yesterday! - Let's fill a bumper mellow,And drain it to old Hymen's sway - And to the lucky ...
It was a mighty snug resort, that Sydney-side hotel:A snug resort where fellows dined "not wisely, but too well";The boarders ...
When the sklll'd fashioner of female faces Designed your mask, he wrought with cunning fist, And made a mouth expressly to be ...
What are you doing now, Paddy Magee?Grafting, or spelling now, Paddy Magee?Breaking, or branding?Or overlanding,Out on the sand ridges, Paddy ...
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