Cut yer name across me backbone
Stretch me skin across a drum
Iron me up to Pinchgut Island
From today till Kingdon Come!
I will eat yer Norfolk dumplings
Like a juicy spanish plum
Even dance the Newgate Hornpipe
If ye’ll only give me Rum!
(Anonymous Oceania)
More Poetry from Anonymous Oceania:
- The Old Bark Hut (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
- Billy Barlow in Australia (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
- The Kelly Gang (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
- A Voice From The Bush (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
- Paddy Malone in Australia (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
- The Old Keg of Rum (Anonymous Oceania Poems)