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The Broken-Down Squatter single work poetry "Come, Stumpy, old man, we must shift while we can;"

Author:agent 'Anthos'

Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 The Broken-Down Squatter

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Textual variation between versions.
Can be sung to the tune of 'It's a Fine Hunting Day.'

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Appears in:

y The Queenslander 30 June 1894 Z616128 1894 newspaper issue 1894
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1894
)
pg. 1220
Appears in:

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
)
Appears in:

y The North Queensland Register 25 February 1924 Z1435827 1924 newspaper issue 1924
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1924
)
pg. 21 Section: On the Track
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y The Bulletin vol. 72 no. 3701 17 January 1951 Z609019 1951 periodical issue 1951
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1951
)
pg. 2 Section: The Red Page
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y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
)
pg. 154-155
Note: With musical score.
Appears in:

y From the Ballads to Brennan T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z407973 1964 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964
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1964
)
pg. 23-24
Appears in:

y Folk Songs of Australia and the Men and Women Who Sang Them John Meredith (editor), Hugh Anderson (editor), Sydney : Ure Smith , 1967 Z456559 1967 anthology poetry criticism biography interview Sydney : Ure Smith , 1967
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1967
)
pg. 42-43
Appears in:

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. 134
Note: With title: The Broken-Down Squatter 2. First line: 'Come Stumpy old man, let us shift while we can,'. Includes annotations by editor.
Appears in:

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. 132-3
Note: With title: The Broken-Down Squatter 1. First line: 'Come stumpy old man, let us shift, while we can,'. Includes annotations by editor.
Appears in:

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
)
pg. 114-115
Appears in:

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. 171-172
Appears in:

y The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] Elizabeth Webby (editor), Philip Butterss (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1993 Z136407 1993 anthology poetry humour satire Ringwood : Penguin , 1993
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1993
)
pg. 169-170

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Old Australian Ballads W. H. Mortlock , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 March vol. 72 no. 3708 1951; (p. 2)

Old Australian Ballads M. M. Flower , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 January vol. 72 no. 3701 1951; (p. 2)

Old Australian Ballads W. H. Mortlock , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 March vol. 72 no. 3708 1951; (p. 2)

Old Australian Ballads M. M. Flower , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 January vol. 72 no. 3701 1951; (p. 2)

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