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Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
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"The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large,",
A. B. Paterson
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1897
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Antipodean , Christmas no. 3 1897; (p. [xxix], [xxxi], [xxxiii], [xxxv], [xxxvii]) Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses 1902; The Collected Verse of A. B. Paterson : Containing 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Rio Grande' and 'Saltbush Bill, J. P.' 1982; (p. 146-150) Singer of the Bush, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1885-1900 1983; (p. 296-298) The Banjo's Best-Loved Poems : Chosen by his Grand-Daughters 1989; (p. 89-94) A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1990; (p. 28-30)Saltbush Bill is droving his sheep towards Castlereagh and Stingy Smith, the owner of Hard Times Hill station is worried that Bill's sheep will ruin his run. He chances on a travelling tramp, and finding out the man is a fighter, arranges for him to get Bill into a fight and tells him it's "a five-pound job if you belt him well – do anything short of kill". When Bill arrives at the station, the tramp kicks his dog, starts a fight and beats Bill senseless. Bill has to recuperate for a week from his injuries, after which he and his sheep move on. It is only later that Stingy Smith comes to realise that he has been duped, and that Bill had arranged it all.
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Saltbush Bill's Game Cock
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"'Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town;",
A. B. Paterson
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1898
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual , vol. 1 no. 1898; (p. 10-11) Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses 1902; The Collected Verse of A. B. Paterson : Containing 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Rio Grande' and 'Saltbush Bill, J. P.' 1982; (p. 119-121) Singer of the Bush, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1885-1900 1983; (p. 307-308) A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1990; (p. 34-35) The Collected Verse of Banjo Paterson 1993; (p. 180-184)Saltbush Bill is again droving his sheep when he happens "on Take 'Em Down, the station of Rooster Hall." Rooster Hall is a follower of cock-fighting and Bill challenges him to a contest: his Australian bird against Hall's, a "clipt and a shaven cock, the pride of his English Game". But Bill has a trick up his sleeve and wins the contest by forfeit.
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Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
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"Come all ye little rouseabouts and climb upon my knee;",
A. B. Paterson
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1903
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Evening News , 19 December 1903; (p. 3) Saltbush Bill, J. P., and Other Verses 1917; (p. 8-13) Saltbush Bill, J. P., and Other Verses 1924; (p. 7-12) The Collected Verse of A. B. Paterson : Containing 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Rio Grande' and 'Saltbush Bill, J. P.' 1982; (p. 205-206) The Drovers 1982; (p. 36) Song of the Pen, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1901-1941 1983; (p. 178-180)Saltbush Bill tells the story of a successful sheep farmer using the biblical story of Isaac and Jacob as a metaphor.