CONTENTS :

CONTENTS :

Preface 17

AMONGST THE RICKS OF HAY 117

ANOTHER SONG OF THE STAMPS 110

ANSWER TO “HIS LETTER FROM W.A.” 124

AT BUMMER’S CREEK 99

AT PENNYWEIGHT FLAT 103

AT PARTING 48

A-WHIZZING TOWARDS THE EAST 126

BEER BOOST, A 79

BEER IS ENOUGH 135

BEHIND M‘WHALAN’S BAR 141

BENDER AND SOME OF THE MOODS THAT LEAD UP TO IT, A 155

BETWEEN TWO GATES 174

BLOKE FROM MULLINGAR, A 149

BUNCH OF VIOLETS, A 137

BY A KOPI HILL 97

CHURNING COPY FOR THE PRESS 181

CURSE OF THE LAUNDRIED SHIRT, THE 81

DAN THE HATTER 94

DIAMOND WEDDING, THE 55

DIFFERENCES 145

DREAMS 31

DREAMING THE DREAM OF LIFE 41

DRUNK’S DEFIANCE, A 172

DRUNK’S RUBAIYAT, THE 147

END OF THE EPISODE, THE 45

GARLAND OF SIGHS, A 58

GLIMPSE OF SUMMER, A 43

GOLDEN AGE, THE 46

GOSPEL OF SHIRK, THE 37

HELL FOR LEATHER 74

HIS LETTER FROM W.A. 121

I HAVEN’T THE GUTS TO GO 107

I PROMISED SUE 179

KILDEA’S FLOWER FARM 119

LASS, A, A LOAF, AND A GOOD CIGAR 177

LAST SPRAT, THE 160

LEADEN HOOF, THE 49

MAN WHO CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE, THE 169

MY SWAG AND I 60

NEARLY A PESSIMIST 72

NO MORE VERSES IN PRAISE OF WINE 194

OLD BILL BATES 83

OLD FARM GATE, THE 129

ONLY A KISS 153

OUR GOLDFIELDS SPRING 69

OUR LIMITATIONS 196

PAY WASH 65

PILGRIMAGE, THE 51

RHYMES AND RHYMERS 186

SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT NOW 162

SCRATCHING FOR A CRUST 77

SHATTERED ILLUSION, A 191

SONG OF COMPROMISE, A 189

SOAKER SMITH 63

STAR-GAZING 184

TILL DAY IS DONE 33

TOO OLD 92

TO THOSE WHO LOVE US MOST 131

TO YOU 36

UNDER THE HEEL OF FATE 39

VERSEMAKERS, THE 29

WAITING FOR THE CALL 59

WE TOOK THE PLEDGE TILL MAY 87

WESTERN WRITER TO HIS MUSE, THE 167

WHEN SUSY MAKES THE DUFF 170

WILD CATS AND HOURIS 158

WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN? 143

WISH FOR SYDNEY-SIDE, A 115

YOUR LEVEL BEST 198

When I am dead 7

With head erect I fought the fight 16