A B 'Banjo' Paterson's Poetry, by written

• Opening of the Railway Line

  The opening of the railway line…
  The Governor and all,

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• Book Contents: The Animals Noah Forgot:Banjo Paterson

  ‘The Animals Noah Forgot’ A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson
  A wonderful look at some of the strange, wonderful animals in Australia - images a

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• Jock

  There's a soldier that's been doing of his share
  In the fighting up and down and round about.

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• El Mahdi to the Australian Troops

  And wherefore have they come, this warlike band,
  That o'er the ocean many a weary day

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• The Mylora Elopement

  By the winding Wollondilly where the weeping willows weep,
  And the shepherd, with his billy, half awake and half asleep,

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• The Bushfire - an Allegory

  'Twas on the famous Empire run,
  Whose sun does never set,

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• A Dream of the Melbourne Cup

  Bring me a quart of colonial beer
  And some doughy damper to make good cheer,

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• Only a Jockey

  Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light,
  Out on the track where the night shades still lurk,

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• Over The Range

  Little bush maiden, wondering-eyed,
  Playing alone in the creek-bed dry,

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• The Deficit Demon

  It was the lunatic poet escaped from the local asylum,
  Loudly he twanged on his banjo and sang with his voice like a saw-mill,

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• Lost

  "He ought to be home," said the old man, "without there's something amiss.
  He only went to the Two-mile -- he ought to be back by this.

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• Our Mat

  It came from the prison this morning,
  Close-twisted, neat-lettered, and flat;

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• Uncle Bill

  My Uncle Bill! My Uncle Bill!
  How doth my heart with anguish thrill!

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• Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve

  You never heard tell of the story?
  Well, now, I can hardly believe!

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• Clancy of the Overflow

  I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better
  Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan, years ago,

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• How M'Ginnis went missing

  Let us cease our idle chatter,
  Let the tears bedew our cheek,

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• The Scapegoat

  We have all of us read how the Israelites fled
  From Egypt with Pharaoh in eager pursuit of 'em,

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• An Idyll of Dandaloo

  On Western plains, where shade is not,
  'Neath summer skies of cloudless blue,

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• Song of the Future

  'Tis strange that in a land so strong
  So strong and bold in mighty youth,

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• Who is Kator Anyhow?

  Why, oh why was Kater lifted
  From the darkness, where he drifted

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• "In re a Gentleman, One"

  We see it each day in the paper,
  And know that there's mischief in store;

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• Tar and Feathers

  Oh! the circus swooped down
  On the Narrabri town,

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• Mulligan's Mare

  Oh, Mulligan's bar was the deuce of a place
  To drink, and to fight, and to gamble and race;

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• The Corner Man

  I dreamt a dream at the midnight deep,
  When fancies come and go

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• The Sausage Candidate-A Tale for the Elections

  Our fathers, brave men were and strong,
  And whisky was their daily liquor;

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• On Kiley's Run

  The roving breezes come and go
  On Kiley's Run,

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• Our New Horse

  The boys had come back from the races
  All silent and down on their luck;

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• The Hypnotist

  A man once read with mind surprised
  Of the way that people were "hypnotised";

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• Gilhooley's Estate

  Oh, Mr Gilhooley he turned up his toes,
  As most of you know, soon or late;

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• Those Names

  The shearers sat in the firelight, hearty and hale and strong,
  After the hard day's shearing, passing the joke along:

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