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Book: More than a Sentimental Bloke - A Performance

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  • The Play
    Wot's in a name? — she sez . . . An' then she sighs,
    An' clasps 'er little 'ands, an' rolls 'er eyes.
    132 lines, 2 comments
  • War
    'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war?
      The papers torks uv nothin' else but scraps.
    103 lines
  • The Call of Stoush
    Wot price ole Ginger Mick?  'E's done a break -
      Gone to the flamin' war to stoush the foe.
    110 lines
  • The Singing Soldiers
    "When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle on me knees,
    An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up the breeze -
    90 lines, 2 comments
  • 'A Gallant Gentleman'
    A month ago the world grew grey fer me;
      A month ago the light went out fer Rose.
    159 lines
  • Another Economic Riddle
    I venerate economists
      As very learned blokes,
    31 lines
  • Summer Sanctuary
    Not upon the crowded beaches
    Where the sun beats fierce and hot;
    24 lines
  • The Roads' End
    Old Ben, the pensioner, is going down to die.
    Huddled in the mail-car, he turns a wistful eye
    32 lines, 1 comment
  • To a Dead Mate
    There's many a man who rides today
      In the lonely, far out-back;
    35 lines
  • A Bush Christmas
    The sun burns hotly thro' the gums
    As down the road old Rogan comes -
    80 lines
  • A Post-Cup Tale
    I'ad the money in me 'and!
    Fair dinkum!  Right there, by the stand.
    38 lines
  • Old Town Types No. 25 - Black Peter Myloh
    A man was Peter Myloh, strong-browed and black of face,
    Australian Aboriginal, son of a dark doomed race.
    34 lines
  • An Old Master
    We were cartin' lathes and palin's from the slopes of Mount St. Leonard,
    With our axles near the road-bed and the mud as stiff as gl
    63 lines
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