#Australians
‘Mornin’,' I sez to ‘im, Gloomy, ’e seemed to be. Glum an’ unsociable. Comes in th… ‘Mornin’,' I sez to ‘im. ’E don’t say anythin’.
Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s q… And maybe it is I who am perverse… Finding in this unedifying sight Mere mummery, and hearing but a bl… Of words and frowsty fustian - or…
Girls! You with the bobbed hair or Mary… Likewise you others Who still adopt the hair-dressing… That makes the moderns smile.
The earliest lady in the land, Her pride of caste is high. Where blue Corio’s gleaming stran… Dream 'neath a peaceful sky, She sat her down by her five towns…
Do you know this mysterious, serio… Who sits at the game with the card… Watching and waiting While we’re calculating The tricks and the honors? It’s…
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle Be polite. In the legislative struggle,
Yes!!! So we will Throw care away, If for no other reason than that '… Delight our brother. We’ll gaily 'mooch’ along in tram…
O, the trees grow straight and the… And the trees grow all around; And the long limbs sprout the trun… Where the Davlo owl is found. And the Davlo bird is most absurd
In the neolithic age of our Austr… There dwelt a wise old chieftain,… His royal tastes and habits I won… But his plain horse-sense was note… Now, this chief was not a despot,…
So we forget? The streets bloom… With festive garments, many hued; And man and maid laugh down the wa… With all the joy of life imbued. Respite from toil, surcease from c…
We know those little country pubs, By cross-road and by creek, Where faithfully the landlord scru… His counter once a week, And stands before his shining bar
Hoping you will not deem it rude, I’d like to call an interlude In our remarkable array Of leading statesmen of the day, And introduce to you forthwith
Where is this glum Victorian This man of mien forlorn Fit but for some historian To heap with heavy scorn? I’ve sought him up an down the str…
Men knew and loved my calling in o… Days ere a bitter wisdom taught me… Trusting and unafraid, I went my… By many a crude hut of the pioneer… Calling by paths where lonely axem…
I’ad the money in me 'and! Fair dinkum! Right there, by the… I tole me wife at breakfus’ time, Straight out: ‘Trivalve,’ I sez ‘… Trivalve,’ I sez. An’, all the w…