Saltbush Bill's Gamecock Comments
'Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town;
He crossed them over the Hard Times Run, and he came to the Take 'Em Down;
He counted through at the boundary gate, and camped at the drafting yard:
For Stingy Smith, of the Hard Times Run, had hunted him rather hard.
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(in the wild) ...'EMUs can only be found in Australia.' Yes, Kim, it is a LONG poem; it may rival some of my older ones. bri : )
Second last verse, 8th line, should read: Under the dray, in the shadows hid, a something moved and stirred:
I tend to agree, unless 'shallow' has a meaning i'm unaware of. bri ;)
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8/3/2025 7:26:34 PM # 1.0.0
I believe there are some typos and some of the language is 'foreign' to me. I saw a cockfight (part of one) along a village street in Thailand, and a Jungle Fowl in the wild there. : ) bri