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Book: Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes

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  • The Sick Stockrider
    Hold hard, Ned! Lift me down once more, and lay me in the shade.
    Old man, you've had your work cut out to guide
    92 lines, 6 comments
  • A Dedication
    They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less
    Of sound than of words,
    48 lines
  • How We Beat The Favourite
    A Lay of the Loamshire Hunt Cup
    "Aye, squire," said Stevens, "they back him at evens;
    124 lines, 5 comments
  • The Last Leap
    ALL is over! fleet career,
    Dash of greyhound slipping thongs,
    55 lines
  • A Hunting Song
    Here's a health to every sportsman, be he stableman or lord,
    If his heart be true, I care not what his pocket may afford;
    19 lines
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