Thursday, January 1, 2004

Saltbush Bill's Second Flight Comments

Rating: 2.6

The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large,
That twenty thousand travelling sheep, with Saltbush Bill in charge,
Were drifting down from a dried-out run to ravage the Castlereagh;
And the squatters swore when they heard the news, and wished they were well away:
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A B Banjo Paterson
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Garry Sharp 16 May 2018

Name of poem should be: “Saltbush Bill’s Second Fight”.

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Garry Sharp 16 May 2018

Fourth last line,2nd last verse: “Bill coached him up in the fighting yard...” should be “...the fighting YARN”

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