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  • The Dance
    "Heirlums," 'e sez.  "I've 'ad the trousiz pressed.
      Me father married in 'em, that 'e did.
    117 lines
  • The Bore
    Ah, prithee friend, if thou has ought
      Of love and kind regard for me
    43 lines
  • Book Contents: Moods Of Ginger Mick
                  MOODS OF GINGER MICK
    This book was dedicated to “THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE COUNT”
    485 lines, 1 comment
  • Bert
    Did you ever meet Bert? 'E's all over the town,
      In offices, shops an' in various places,
    43 lines
  • An Appeal to End Appeals
    Sir, -- I try to do my duty as a patriotic man
      With sane views about the science of gastronomy;
    27 lines
  • The Baker
    I'd like to be a baker, and come when morning breaks,
    Calling out, "Beeay-ko!" (that's the sound he makes) -
    7 lines
  • Dad
    I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more;
    I knoo 'im when 'is Syd went to the war.
    110 lines
  • Jim's Girl
    "'Oo is that girl," sez Digger Smith,
    That never seems to bother with
    131 lines
  • The Boys Out There
    "Why do they do it? I dunno,"
      Sez Digger Smith. "Yeh got me beat.
    110 lines
  • Haw!
    "Haw!  Good fellow I'm not doubting
      Your intentions are all right,
    88 lines
  • Introduction: Rose of Spadgers
    I've crawled; I've eaten dirt; I've lied a treat;
    I've dodged the cops an' led a double life;
    158 lines
  • Mother's Day
    Two lady speakers at the Women Citizens' Movement last night declared that, under modern conditions, marriage was no longer a full-time
    36 lines
  • Hopeful Hawkins
    Hawkins wasn't in the swim at all in Dingo Flat,
    And to bait him was our chiefest form of bliss;
    56 lines, 1 comment
  • The Homeward Track
    Once a year we lumber southward with the clip from Yarradee;
    Spell the bullocks in the township while we run our yearly spree.
    25 lines
  • 'Urry
    Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!
    Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!
    71 lines, 1 comment
  • Roamin' Free
    The miser sits beside his hoard,
      The lover tarries by his bride,
    52 lines
  • Barley Grass
    Wavin' corn upon the hillside,
    Twinklin' daisies on the rise,
    52 lines
  • Brothers O' Mine
    Brothers o' mine, brothers o' mine,
    All the world over, from pole to pole --
    101 lines
  • Discerning Mr. Murphy
    Discerning Mr. Murphy sees
      The dangers of the foolish plan
    20 lines
  • Wanderers Lost
    Oh, we are the phantoms of rovers lost --
      See how the mocking mirages play!
    34 lines
  • The High Priest
    Nay, why do foolish politicians strive
      To win a fleeting popularity?
    52 lines
  • Weary
    Aw, I'm sick o' the whole darn human race,
      An' I'm sick o' this mundane ball;
    43 lines
  • Cow
    Aw, go write yer tinklin' jingle, an' yer pretty phrases mingle,
    Fer the mamby-pamby girl, all fluffy frill an' shinin' silk.
    89 lines
  • The Lovers
    One idle hour she sought to see
      Whose image 'twas he cherished so
    28 lines
  • The Fowl
    A noble lesson this should teach,
      Dear children unto you.
    24 lines
  • K'Shoo
    A Seasodable Rhybe
    When your dose is code as barble,
    75 lines
  • The March
    In early, prehistoric days, before the reign of Man,
    When neolithic Nature fashioned things upon a plan
    73 lines
  • The Alternative - 1908
    If, some day, you should find me, cold and stark -
      If you should stumble o'er my lifeless clay
    37 lines
  • Averted Violence
    Stripped to the buff they circled round,
      And jagged and swung and crossed;
    33 lines
  • Charity
    Oh, loyal Orange breth-er-en.
    I pray you act as Christlan men,
    47 lines
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