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Dawgs of War
single work
humour
war literature
"Comes the British bulldog first - solid as a log -"
"Comes the British first- solid as a log-"
Issue Details:
First known date:
1914...
1914
Dawgs of War
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Appears in:
- y The Bulletin vol. 35 no. 1809 15 October 1914 Z588169 1914 periodical issue 1914 pg. 13
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Appears in:
- y My Army, O, My Army! and Other Songs Sydney : Tyrrell's , 1915 Z453330 1915 selected work poetry war literature Sydney : Tyrrell's , 1915 pg. 62-66
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Appears in:
- y Song of the Dardanelles and Other Verses London : Harrap , 1916 Z180203 1916 selected work poetry war literature London : Harrap , 1916 pg. 69-73
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Appears in:
- y A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922 Leonard Cronin (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 Z378760 1984 selected work poetry short story autobiography correspondence humour Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 pg. 593-594
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Alternative title: Dogs of War
Notes:In this poem Lawson muses on the strength of the Allied powers, with the various 'national dogs' presented as metaphors (the British bulldog, the Australian kangaroo dog, etc). This version omits the last stanza of the original, which refers to Russia (ie. 'Russian wolf-hounds'). At the time Lawson wrote this poem, Russia was one of the Allied powers. However, this was to change following the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917.
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Appears in:
- y Humorous Verses Sydney : Cornstalk Publishing , 1924 Z215617 1924 selected work poetry humour Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1941 pg. 172-174
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Settings:
- 1900s