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W T Goodge's Poetry, by title

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  • 'Australia's Pride'
    Now Pat Ahearne, of Ingleburn
      Upon the Castlereagh,
    98 lines
  • 'Ough' - A Phonetic Fantasy
    The baker-man was kneading dough
    And whistling softly, sweet and lough.
    16 lines, 3 comments
  • A Bad Break
    The preacher quoted, and the cranks
    Among his congregation smiled,
    8 lines
  • A Matter of Knack
    Jock M'Pherson was a person who was boastful in conversin',
    But respectable and ponderous and dignified withal
    25 lines
  • A Snake Yarn
    "You talk of snakes," said Jack the Rat,
    "But blow me, one hot summer
    27 lines, 2 comments
  • Daley's Dorg Wattle
    "You can talk about yer sheep dorgs," said the man from Allan's Creek,
      "But I know a dorg that simply knocked 'em bandy! -
    18 lines, 1 comment
  • How we drove the Trotter
    Oh, he was a handsome trotter, and he couldn't be completer,
    He had such a splendid action and he trotted to this metre,
    50 lines
  • King Whiskey
    King Whishey's father down in Hell,
      He rubbed his hands with glee,
    61 lines
  • Mulligan's Shanty
      Things is just the same as ever
      On the outer Never-Never,
    34 lines
  • No Choice
    "When I was a kiddy and away out-back,"
    Said the man with the salt-bush lingo.
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • The Australian Slanguage
    "Tis the everyday Australian
    Has a language of his own,
    56 lines, 7 comments
  • The Great Australian Adjective
    The sunburnt ---- stockman stood
    And, in a dismal ---- mood,
    28 lines
  • The Guile Of Dad M'Ginnis
    When M'Ginnis struck the mining camp at Jamberoora Creek
    His behaviour was appreciated highly;
    33 lines
  • The M'Camley Mixture
    Kilts enticed her,
    Went and spliced a
    35 lines
  • The Melodiuos Bullocky
    'Tis of the Wild Colonial Boy [Come out of that saplin', Rat!]
    Brought up by honest parents [Now, Strawberry, what are yer at!]
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • The Shearer's Cook
    Now, shearers' cooks, as shearers know,
    Are very seldom wont to blow;
    27 lines
  • Two Men and a Maid
    Two little dudes from the George-street block,
    Up for a brief vacation!
    24 lines, 4 comments
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