Poems by Andrew Barton Paterson
Santa Claus
... Advance, oh friend, the sentry said, ...
An Emu Hunt
... And he thought he would earn him some great renown ...
A Change of Menu
... "I must wait," said he, "till this sportsman drops ...
Old Schooldays
... Alas, alas, that cribs should be so cheap! The journey down to town -- 'twere long to tell ...
A Song of the Pen
... Claiming our best endeavour -- body and heart and brain ...
The Road to Old Man's Town
... For those who've dropped behind But God forfend a fate so dread -- ...
Clancy Of The Overflow
... And the bush hath friends to meet him, and their kindly voices greet him ...
Frogs in chorus
... And the chorus followed him: "Croak, croak, croak!" The poet frog, in his plaintive tone, ...
Hard Luck
... Don't over-trust your luck!" The folks went homeward, near and far, ...
Out of Sight
... The horse was known as "Who's Afraid", by "Panic" from "The Fright" -- ...
Ambition and Art
... And the world's concerns with its rights and wrongs ...
The Man from Iron Bark
... Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at all ...
A Bush Lawyer
... "Oh dear," he said, "that wretched fish has slithered down my throat ...
The Lung Fish
... He called "those chuck-and-chance-it chaps" ...
Opening of the Railway Line
... The man who brought the railway through, ...
