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Partial contents indexed.
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Includes 'A Pub Without Beer' from which Gordon Parsons wrote the song, 'The Pub With No Beer' recorded by Slim Dusty. The poem was originally published in the North Queensland Register in 1944 and referred to the time in 1943 when the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham ran out of beer. American soldiers stationed locally had drunk the hotel dry at a time of rationing.
Source: O'Malley, Brendan. 'Slim Dusty, bush balladeer, 1927-2003 - So long, old mate' The Courier Mail, 20 September 2003.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ingham,
Ingham area,
Ingham - Cairns area,
Queensland,:J.R. Sheahan
, 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- An Introduction ...i"Camping to dodge the wet weather -", single work poetry (p. iii)
- My Autobiography...i"I came and bought a shillaleigh", single work poetry (p. 3-6)
- The Girl from Glashakeenleeni"The heather was blooming in Cummer -", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- 'At Florrie Shea's'i"I've wined and dined in flash saloons", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- A Night in Bally Cartyi"Mick Denny was a farming man", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- Sarah Jones' Eggi"From France, the land of broken bones", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- A Messines Episode (Pronounced 'Messine')i"'Twas in the dark days of 1917", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Sleeper-Cutters' Campi"My sole address at present is a battlefield in France -", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Iron Barki"There is good timber in the bush,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Rankin's Soaki"From the front of the boozer to where I sat -", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- The Bellinger Fleasi"We hear of the capers of tigers and tapirs", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Yap That Once through Tara's Hall...i"When Morgan spoke in Tara's Hall", single work poetry (p. 25)
- An Order Written from a Waterhole to a Station Book-Keeperi"Storeman, when you send next week", single work poetry (p. 26)
- When Bally had a Hair Cuti"Once 'Bally' was proud of the hair on his head -", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Baking of a Buni"They were bitter times in Eire", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- The Last Man of the First A.I.F.i"In nineteen hundred and ninety-nine", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- When Young Lochinvar Became the Council's Common Ranger...i"'Twas young Lochinvar when supper was done", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Kumundi Creeki"When comes the big day", single work poetry (p. 34)
- 'Holy Joe, the Twister'i"Now Ingham's looking clean and bright -", single work poetry (p. 35-36)
- The Sergeant's Cowi"Old Billy was one of the hard-headed push -", single work poetry (p. 37-39)
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