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y separately published work icon The Banjo's Best-Loved Poems : Chosen by his Grand-Daughters selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Banjo's Best-Loved Poems : Chosen by his Grand-Daughters
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Willoughby, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Weldon Publishing , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Saltbush Bill's Second Fighti"The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour

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.

 (p. 89-94)
The Travelling Post Officei"The roving breezes come and go, the reed beds sweep and sway", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 95-97)
An Evening in Dandalooi"It was while we held our races -", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 98-101)
A Grain of Desert Sandi"Beneath the blue Egyptian skies,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 102)
By the Grey Gulf-Wateri"Far to the northward there lies a land,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 103-104)
A Bush Christeningi"On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 105-107)
The Uplifti"When the drays are bogged and sinking, then its no use sitting thinking", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 108-109)
The Amateur Rideri"Him going to ride for us! Him - with the pants and the eyeglass and all", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 110-113)
Shearing with a Hoei"The track that led to Carmody's is choked and overgrown,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 114-115)
In the Stablei"What! You don't like him; well maybe - we all have our fancies, of course:", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 116-121)
Black Swansi"As I lie at rest on a patch of clover", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 122-125)
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