SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES

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 ]