#Australians
I don’t know what’s come to the su… In these dull and decadent years; But a fellow grows glummer and glu… As promise of autumn appears; For there’s not been a sign of a w…
Contributions are invited to this… They must not be too solemn. And, say: They Must not be TOO gay?
The winds that blow about the worl… (Said Old George Jones) See here all hope to ruin hurled, See there triumphant flags unfurle… Over chance-favored zones.
Did you see them pass to-day, Bil… All astride upon the back of old g… Jigging, jogging off to school, do… What must Dobbin think of it - th… Robin at the bridle-rein, in the m…
Listening (said the old, grey Dig… With my finger on the trigger I was listening in the trenches on… And a lull came in the fighting, Save a sudden gun-flash lighting
When he was quite a small boy, Fr… Was fond of useful playthings; So he was given a toy bank That he might learn the way things Were done in the financial world;
Well (said the small, meek man) we… In this sad world, for these are s… And men pin hopes to methods new a… And see lost happiness thro’ alter… And I, who many a bitter cup have…
But what I do object to, and some others more than I, Are the mad old, bad old practices these baubles signify. Good friends, brother Australians and fellow voters; I think that you wil...
(I’m not trying to make this thing… But, at the same time, A little interlude like this Is not amiss). We interviewed a Mayor and asked…
I ‘ad been bushed in city streets, Where the bricks and mortar grow. I ’ad worked me way through the no… ‘Oo’s landmarks I don’t know. There was faces, faces, driftin’ p…
Now, who in the world can understa… Since Tyranny, Freedom’s whittler… And the strong-arm band of the Ir… Go hitting it up with Hitler, Who can pretend to comprehend
Mister Chairman;– er– ah - when We right-thinking business men Are treated with much scant– um– e… I say the time has come For us to– er– ah– um –
Why, certainly. Let’s listen to… Oh, I’m quite keen. Test match,… At... What’s that? Oh, Australi… South Africa - a most intriguing… Yes, I was there in– nineteen– le…
At Slumberton-on-Slow, When the rustics gather round To quaff their ale, they hear a ta… That wakens doubt profound A wild, wild tale that comes by ma…
Out of great wisdom, long stored u… I would write me a rune of the Me… Out of experience, grave and gay, I would raise me a rhyme to the ga… With words of wisdom then let us b…