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| 2131. | The Maori Pig Market by Andrew Barton Paterson | | In distant New Zealand, whose tresses of gold
The billows are ceaselessly combing,
Away in a village all tranquil and old
I came on a market whe... |
| 2132. | A Walgett Episode by Andrew Barton Paterson | | The sun strikes down with a blinding glare;
The skies are blue and the plains are wide,
The saltbush plains that are burnt and bare
By Walgett o... |
| 2133. | Cassidy's Epitaph by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Here lies a bloke who's just gone West,
A Number One Australian;
He took his gun and did his best
To mitigate the alien.
So long as he could g... |
| 2134. | The Last Trump by Andrew Barton Paterson | | "You led the trump," the old man said
With fury in his eye,
"And yet you hope my girl to wed!
Young man! your hopes of love are fled,
'Twere b... |
| 2135. | Typographical by Andrew Barton Paterson | | The Editor wrote his political screed
In ink that was fainter and fainter;
He rose to the call of his country's need,
And in spiderish character... |
| 2136. | Sydney Cup 1899 by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Of course they say if this Bobadil starts
He'll settle 'em all in a flash:
For the pace he can go will be breaking their hearts,
And he ends wit... |
| 2137. | The Road to Hogan's Gap by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Now look, you see, it’s this way like,
You cross the broken bridge
And run the crick down till you strike
The second right-hand ridge.
The t... |
| 2138. | Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs by Andrew Barton Paterson | | Come all you little rouseabouts and climb upon my knee;
To-day, you see, is Christmas Day, and so it’s up to me
To give you some instruction lik... |
| 2139. | The Passing of Gundagai by Andrew Barton Paterson | | "I'll introduce a friend!" he said,
"And if you've got a vacant pen
You'd better take him in the shed
And start him shearing straight ahead;
H... |
| 2140. | That Half-Crown Sweep by Andrew Barton Paterson | | The run of Billabong-go-dry
Is just beyond Lime Burner's Gap;
Its waterhole and tank supply
Is excellent -- upon the map.
But lacking nature's... |
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