By a. B. Paterson
[Andrew Barton (“Banjo”) Paterson, Australian poet & journalist. 1864-1941.]
Author of “The Man from Snowy River, and Other Verses”, “Rio Grande, and Other Verses”, and “An Outback Marriage”.
Publisher’s Note: Major A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egypt for the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to say that only a few of the pieces in this volume have been seen by him in proof; and that he is not responsible for the selection, the arrangement or the title of “Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses”.
CONTENTS
SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES
Song of the Pen
Song of the Wheat
Brumby’s Run
Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
The Reverend Mullineux
The Wisdom of Hafiz
Saltbush Bill, J.P.
The Riders in the Stand
Waltzing Matilda
An Answer to Various Bards
T.Y.S.O.N.
As Long as your Eyes are Blue
Bottle-O!
The Story of Mongrel Grey
Gilhooley’s Estate
The Road to Hogan’s Gap
A Singer of the Bush
“Shouting” for a Camel
The Lost Drink
Mulligan’s Mare
The Matrimonial Stakes
The Mountain Squatter
Pioneers
Santa Claus in the Bush
“In Re a Gentleman, One”
The Melting of the Snow
A Dream of the Melbourne Cup
The Gundaroo Bullock
Lay of the Motor-Car
The Corner Man
When Dacey Rode the Mule
The Mylora Elopement
The Pannikin Poet
Not on It
The Protest
The Scapegoat
An Evening in Dandaloo
A Ballad of Ducks
Tommy Corrigan
The Maori’s Wool
The Angel’s Kiss
Sunrise on the Coast
The Reveille