Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses
By A. B. Paterson
[Andrew Barton ("Banjo") Paterson, Australian poet & journalist. 1864-1941.]
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Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses
By A. B. Paterson
Author of "The Man from Snowy River, and Other Verses",
"Rio Grande, and Other Verses", and "An Outback Marriage".
Note
Major A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egypt
for the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to say
that only a few of the pieces in this volume have been seen by him in proof;
and that he is not responsible for the selection, the arrangement or the title
of "Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses".
Table of Contents
Song of the Pen
Not for the love of women toil we, we of the craft,
Song of the Wheat
We have sung the song of the droving days,
Brumby''s Run
It lies beyond the Western Pines
Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
Come all you little rouseabouts and climb upon my knee;
The Reverend Mullineux
I''d reckon his weight at eight-stun-eight,
The Wisdom of Hafiz
My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo,
Saltbush Bill, J.P.
Beyond the land where Leichhardt went,
The Riders in the Stand
There''s some that ride the Robbo style, and bump at every stride;
Waltzing Matilda
Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the Billabong,
An Answer to Various Bards
Well, I''ve waited mighty patient while they all came rolling in,
T.Y.S.O.N.
Across the ...
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