FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Poems of Banjo Paterson

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Banjo Paterson

Mulga Bill's Bicycle

"Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze; He turned away the good old horse that served him many days; He dressed himself in cycling clothes, resplendent to be seen;

crash, horse, bicycle

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Waltzing Matilda

Oh! there once was a swagman camped in a Billabong, Under the shade of a Coolabah tree; And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling, "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

swagman, drown, phrase

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Saltbush Bill

Now this is a law of the Overland that all in the West obey- A man must cover with travelling sheep a six-mile sage a day; But this is the law which the dravers make, right easily understood, They travel their stage where the grass is bad, but they camp where the grass is good;

drover, kangaroo, drought

Poems of Banjo Paterson

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In Defence of the Bush

So you're back from up the country, Mister Lawson, where you went, And you're cursing all the business in a bitter discontent;.

weather, wilderness, challenge

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When Dacey Road the Mulle

'Twas to a small, up-country town, When we were boys at school, There came a circus with a clown, Likewise a bucking mule.

song, ride, zoo

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Shearing at Castlereagh

The bell is set a-ringing, and the engine gives a toot, There's five-and-thirty shearers here a-shearing for the loot, So stir yourselves, you penners-up, and shove the sheep along -

shear, sheep, wool

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The First Surveyor

"The opening of the railway line! - the Governor and all! With flags and banners down the street, a banquet and a ball.

surveyor, railway, travel

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Banjo Paterson

How Gilbert Died

There's never a stone at the sleeper's head, There's never a fence beside, And the wandering stock on the grave may tread Unnoticed and undenied; But the smallest child on the Watershed Can tell you how Gilbert died.

death, outlaw, hunt

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The Man From Ironbark

It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town, He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.

murder, shave, barber

Poems of Banjo Paterson

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Banjo Paterson

A Bush Christening

On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few, And men of religion are scanty, On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost One Michael Magee had a shanty.

church, christening, chase

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Banjo Paterson

In the Droving Days

"Only a pound," said the auctioneer, "Only a pound; and I'm standing here Selling this animal, gain or loss - Only a pound for the drover's horse?

auction, plain, horse

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Banjo Paterson

Song of the Artesian Water

Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought; But we're sick of prayers and Providence - we're going to do without; With the derricks up above us and the solid earth below, We are waiting at the lever for the word to let her go.

water, well, digging

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Banjo Paterson

Johnson's Antidote

Down along the Snakebite River where the overlanders camp, Where the serpents are in millions, all of the most deadly stamp; Where the station-cook in terror, nearly every time he bakes, Mixes up among the doughboys half a dozen poison-snakes;

snakebite, fight, cure

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Banjo Paterson

Only a Jockey

Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light, Out on the track where the night shades still lurk, Ere the first gleam of the sungod's returning light Round come the racehorses early at work.

jockey, religion, racehorse

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Banjo Paterson

Been There Before

There came a stranger to Walgett town, To Walgett town when the sun was low, And he carried a thirst that was worth a crown, Yet how to quench it he did not know;

travel, humility, experience

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City of Dreadful Thirst

The stranger came from Narromine and made his little joke; "They say we folks in Narromine are narow-minded folk; But all the smartest men down here are puzzled to define A kind of new phenomenon that came to Narromine.

pub, dust, cloud

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Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve

You never heard tell of the story? Well, now, I can hardly believe! Never heard of the honour and glory Of Pardon, the son of Reprieve?

race, winner, award

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"Shouting" for a Camel

It was over at Coolgardie that a mining speculator, Who was going down the township just to make a bit o' chink, Went off to hire a camel from a camel propagator, And the Afghan said he'd lend it if he'd stand the beast a drink.

camel, mine, drinking

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Banjo Paterson

Pioneers

They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide; They were the sons of field and flock since e'er they learnt to ride, We may not hope to see such men in these degenerate years As those explorers of the bush - the brave old pioneers.

pioneer, explorer, settlers

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The Man Who Was Away

The widow sought the lawyer's room with children three in tow, She told the lawyer man her tale in tones of deepest woe.

widow, lawyer, will

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Banjo Paterson

The Open Steeple-chase

I had ridden over hurdles up the country once or twice, By the side of Snowy River with a horse they called "The Ace". And we brought him down to Sydney, and our rider, Jimmy Rice, Got a fall and broke his shoulder, so they nabbed me in a trice - Me, that never wore the colours, for the Open Steeplechase.

race, horse, ribbon

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Banjo Paterson

The Last Trump

"You led the trump," the old man said With fury in his eye, "And yet you hope my girl to wed! Young man! your hopes of love are fled, 'Twere better she should die!

betting, cards, betrohal

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Banjo Paterson

The Flying Gang

I served my time, in the days gone by, In the railway's clash and clang, And I worked my way to the end, and I Was the head of the "Flying Gang". 'Twas a chosen band that was kept at hand in case of an urgent need;

railway, steam engine, gang

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Banjo Paterson

How M'Ginnis Went Missing

Let us cease our idle chatter, Let the tears bedew our cheek, For a man from Tallangatta Has been missing for a week.

missing, flood, drowning

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Banjo Paterson

Last Week

Oh, the new chum went to the backblock run, but he should have gone there last week. He tramped ten miles with a loaded gun, But of turkey or duck saw never a one, For he should have been there last week, They said, There were flocks of 'em there last week.

party, photographer, travel