Off the Bluebush
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- Verses for Australians West and East
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1. Front matter2. OFF THE BLUEBUSH3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.4. CONTENTS :5. JOHN PHILIP BOURKE.6. THE VERSEMAKERS.7. DREAMS.8. TILL DAY IS DONE.9. TO YOU.10. THE GOSPEL OF SHIRK.11. UNDER THE HEEL OF FATE.12. DREAMING THE DREAM OF LIFE.13. A GLIMPSE OF SUMMER.14. THE END OF THE EPISODE.15. THE GOLDEN AGE.16. AT PARTING.17. THE LEADEN HOOF.18. THE PILGRIMAGE.19. THE DIAMOND WEDDING.20. A GARLAND OF SIGHS.21. WAITING FOR THE CALL.22. SOAKER SMITH.23. OUR GOLDFIELDS SPRING.24. NEARLY A PESSIMIST.25. SCRATCHIN’ FOR A CRUST.26. A BEER BOOST.27. THE CURSE OF THE LAUNDRIED SHIRT.28. OLD BILL BATES.29. WE TOOK THE PLEDGE TILL MAY.30. TOO OLD.31. DAN THE HATTER.
An Old North Country Identity.32. AT BUMMER’S CREEK.33. AT PENNYWEIGHT FLAT.34. I HAVEN’T THE GUTS TO GO.35. ANOTHER SONG OF THE STAMPS.36. A WISH—FOR SYDNEY-SIDE.37. AMONGST THE RICKS OF HAY.38. KILDEA’S FLOWER FARM.39. HIS LETTER FROM W.A.40. ANSWER TO “HIS LETTER FROM W.A.”41. A-WHIZZING TOWARDS THE EAST.42. THE OLD FARM GATE.43. TO THOSE WHO LOVE US MOST.44. BEER IS ENOUGH.45. A BUNCH OF VIOLETS.46. BEHIND M‘WHALAN’S BAR.47. WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN?48. DIFFERENCES.49. A BLOKE FROM MULLINGAR.50. ONLY A KISS.51. A BENDER AND SOME OF THE MOODS
THAT LEAD UP TO IT.52. WILD CATS AND HOURIS.53. THE LAST SPRAT.54. SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT NOW?55. THE WESTERN WRITER TO HIS MUSE.56. THE MAN WHO “CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE.”57. WHEN SUSY MAKES THE DUFF.58. A DRUNK’S DEFIANCE.59. BETWEEN TWO GATES.60. A LASS, A LOAF, AND A GOOD CIGAR.61. I PROMISED SUE.62. CHURNING “COPY” FOR THE PRESS.63. STAR GAZING.64. RHYMES AND RHYMERS.65. A SONG OF COMPROMISE.66. A SHATTERED ILLUSION.67. NO MORE VERSES IN PRAISE OF WINE!68. OUR LIMITATIONS.69. YOUR LEVEL BEST.