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Another Fall of Rain single work poetry "Now the weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more,"

Author:agent John Neilson

Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 Another Fall of Rain

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Can be sung to the tune of 'Little Low Log Cabin in the Lane.'

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y Old Bush Songs : Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging and Overlanding Days A. B. Paterson (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1905 Z59487 1905 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1905
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1905
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y The Bulletin vol. 76 no. 3924 27 April 1955 Z614586 1955 periodical issue 1955
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1955
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pg. 13
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y The Overlander Songbook Ronald George Edwards (editor), Ronald George Edwards (illustrator), Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1956 Z856165 1956 anthology poetry prose Adelaide : Rigby Publishers , 1971
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1971
)
pg. 115-6
Note: First line: 'The weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more,'. Editor's note: (This song describes how the shearers, after a long dry spell of continuous work, hope for the rain so that they can have a few days rest.) Includes annotations by editor.
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y Complete Book of Australian Folk Lore Bill Scott , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976 Z206758 1976 anthology poetry short story prose Sydney : Ure Smith , 1976
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1976
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pg. 97
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y Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times Douglas Stewart (editor), Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z389570 1957 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 272
Note: First line: 'The weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more,'
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y The Bushwackers Australian Song Book Jan Wositzky (editor), Dobe Newton (editor), South Yarra : Sphere , 1988 Z240373 1988 anthology poetry short story extract humour South Yarra : Sphere , 1988
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1988
)
pg. 110-111

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