War raged around this troubled wor… When I was but a lad, And into battle men were hurled, As some ambition mad Moved kings on their unstable thro…

I love all gum-trees well. But,… I love the tough old warriors that… About these lawns, to make a great… And guard, like sentries, this exo… Of shrub and fern and flower.

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

There’s been fierce argument of la… In my vicinitee, Between the Commonwealth and Stat… For I fell out with me. I am a sturdy Federalist,

‘Tis precious stuff,’ said old Ge… ‘When men sore needs a fall; Tho’ how or why it comes, I owns I ain’t got clear at all. Some sez that in the sun, a spot

Back to the kicthen, mein Gretche… Back to the scullery, frau! You have dreamed your brief hour o… But it’s dishes and drudgery now. Your head bent in humble submissio…

I wondered wot was doin’. First I… Ole Missus Flood wave signals to… I’m in the paddick slashin’ down s… She’s comin’ up the road; an’ if s… An 'andspring I won’t be su’prise…

Knockin’ about (said Benny, the T… By the Rocks an’ Woolloomooloo, Oh, I was a low-brow, right enoug… And a bit of a bounder, too. Kickin’ about with me larrikin ban…

When muddled mentors take the stag… To gird against our erring, They simulate an awful rage, They funk the task and straight en… A palpable red-herring.

Said the Digger: 'Soon forgot!… Better so, may be. . . Why not? Beauty fades and laurels rot; Last year’s roses are no more. Fame?' the one-armed Digger said,

Rashly I shot an arrow in the air… And, as my shaft into the zenith s… I knew ’twas bound to fall some ti… And wondered if ‘twould dropp upon… A certain friend of mine who loite…

The world 'as got me snouted jist… Crool Forchin’s dirty left 'as sm… An’ all them joys o’ life I ‘eld… Is up the pole. Fer, as the poit sez, me ’eart 'as…

Here, in soft darkness where the w… Dreamless, my quiet garden slumber… Night’s soothing fingers all adrip… Crept in and out, weaving a mystic… O’er wilting bud and bell;

Candidly, I do not hug a Wish to go to Mugga Mugga; To the Mugga Mugga Mountain by Y… Where they’re planning - more’s th… To erect Australia’s city,

Crow I detest the Carrion Crow! (He’s a raven, don’t you know?) He’s a greedy glutton, also, and a… And his sanctimonious caw