Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses
by Andrew Barton `Banjo' Paterson [Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]
Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses
by A. B. Paterson
The verses in this collection have appeared in papers in various parts
of the world -- "Rio Grande" in London; most of the war verses
in Bloemfontein; others in Sydney.
A. B. Paterson.
Contents
Rio Grande's Last Race
Now this was what Macpherson told
By the Grey Gulf-water
Far to the Northward there lies a land,
With the Cattle
The drought is down on field and flock,
The First Surveyor
`The opening of the railway line! -- the Governor and all!
Mulga Bill's Bicycle
'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze;
The Pearl Diver
Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee,
The City of Dreadful Thirst
The stranger came from Narromine and made his little joke Saltbush Bill's Gamecock
'Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town;
Hay and Hell and Booligal
`You come and see me, boys,' he said;
A Walgett Episode
The sun strikes down with a blinding glare,
Father Riley's Horse
'Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog
The Scotch Engineer
With eyes that searched in the dark,
Song of the Future
'Tis strange that in a land so strong,
Anthony Considine
Out in the wastes of the West countrie,
Song of the Artesian Water
Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought;
A Disqualified Jockey's Story
You see, the thing was this way -- there was me,
The Road to Gundagai
The mountain road goes up and down,
Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large,
Hard Luck
I left ...
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