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Reprint of the first part of Verses, Popular and Humorous. Contents quite different from those in Popular Verses 1925.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1900 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Ports of the Open Seai"Down here where the ships loom large in", single work poetry (p. 1-4)
- The Three Kings : Ii"The East is dead and the West is done, and again our course lies thus:-", single work poetry (p. 5-7)
- The Outside Tracki"There were ten of us there on the moonlit quay,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Sydney-Sidei"Where's the steward? - Bar-room steward? Berth? Oh, any berth will do -", single work poetry (p. 10-12)
- The Roversi"Some born of homely parents", single work poetry (p. 13-17)
- Foreign Landsi"You may roam the wide seas over, follow, meet, and cross the sun,", single work poetry (p. 18-21)
- Mary Lemainei"Jim Duff was a "native", as wild as could be;", single work poetry (p. 22-24)
- The Shakedown on the Floori"Set me back for twenty summmers-", single work poetry (p. 25-27)
-
Reedy River
Ten Miles Down Reedy Riveri"TEN miles down Reedy River",
single work
poetry
(p. 28-30)
Note: With the title "Reedy River".
- Old Stone Chimneyi"The rising moon on the peaks was blending", single work poetry (p. 31-34)
- Song of the Old Bullock-Driveri"FAR back in the days when the blacks used to ramble", single work poetry (p. 35-38)
- The Lights of Cobb and Co.i"Fire lighted, on the table a meal for sleepy men,", single work poetry (p. 39-44)
- How the Land was Woni"The future was dark and the past was dead", single work poetry (p. 45-47)
- The Boss Over the Board The Boss-Over-The-Boardi"When in charge of a rough and unpopular shed,", single work poetry humour (p. 48-51)
- When the Ladies Come to the Shearing-Shedi""THE ladies are coming," the super says", single work poetry humour (p. 52-54)
- The Ballad of the Rouseabouti"A rouseabout of rouseabouts, from any land - or none -", single work short story (p. 55-59)
- Years After the War in Australiai"The big rough boys from the runs out back were first where the balls flew free,", single work poetry war literature (p. 60-66)
- The Old Jimmy Woodseri"The old Jimmy Woodser comes into the bar,", single work poetry (p. 67-68)
- The Christ of the "Never"i"With eyes that seem shrunken to pierce", single work poetry (p. 69-70)
- The Cattle-Dog's Deathi"THE plains lay bare on the homeward route,", single work poetry (p. 71-72)
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