There’s a looper caterpillar in my… There are weevils weaving strands… There are throngs of thieving thri… On my seedlings and my slips, And the hoppers hop around my holl…

He prospered in an olden day When down the rutted waggon track, Thro’ scenes that seem a world awa… His bullocks lumbered forth and ba… A tall old man, deep voiced, erect

This ev’nin’ I was sittin’ wiv Do… Peaceful an’ 'appy wiv the day’s w… Watchin’, be’ind the orchard’s bon… The flamin’ wonder of the settin’… Another day gone by; another night

Lo, I listened to the bleating of… Squatters’ sheep And I sat me down and pondered lo… And a cloud of gloom came o’er me At the empty leagues before me

There’s a kid around the corner Who is filled with half-formed fea… He is growing rather wistful As the Christmas season nears; For a hint has reached him lately

Bill? Oh, him... Well, he’s take… Real sad when I spoke to him last… Sufferin’ like from a nasty shock. Just drivin’ a wee bit fast Round a corner - no chance to halt

They may be duds or they may be dr… Or legislators heaven-sent; But the A.L.P. for all atones When it gets them into Parliament… Tho’ they talk sheer drivel once t…

Sadly sobbing, sadly sobbing, Rolls the restless wireless sea, Where the wireless waves go bobbin… Up and down so dolefully. And nothing there the gloom assail…

‘I’ve seen so much uv dirt an’ gri… I’m mad to 'ave things clean. I’ve seen so much uv death,' ‘e sa… ’So many cobbers lyin’ dead You won’t know wot I mean;

Jist ‘ere it gripped me, on a sudd… I wus diggin’ in the garden, talki… When it got me good an’ solid, an’… An’ curses soft down in me neck, a… Then, when I tries to straighten…

‘Haw! Good fellow I’m not doubti… Your intentions are all right, And your general appearance Is intelligent and bright; But the question you’re discussing

Mr Bodge, the banker, was a power… His city bank had granted him an a… For our town was most remote from… And only Mr Bodge could know who… So Mr Bodge within his bank reign…

Deah Ladies, Let me wawn you, theah are feahful… And a mos’ ter-ific strugge is at… And we have no taime to speah If we wish to do ouah sheah

I’d like to be a sailor - a sailor… Calling out, ‘Ship ahoy!’ in manl… I’d learn to box the compass, and… I’d sniff and snifff the briny bre… Perhaps I’d chew tobacco, or an o…

1. ANTE-ELECTIONS Now, a cove the name of Blabb, a… He’s a haughty sort o’ high pan-ja… An’ he holds a very dignified posi… As the member for the districk whe…