WALTZING MATILDA by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree; And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling “Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.” Who’ll...
Out Of Time Kenneth Slessor I I saw Time flowing like a hundred yachts That fly behind the daylight, foxed with air; Or piercing, like the quince-bright, bitter slats Of sun gone thrusting under Harbour’s hair. So Time, the wave, enfolds me in its bed, Or Time,...
Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor (1944) Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs The convoys of dead sailors come; At night they sway and wander in the waters far under, But morning rolls them in the foam. Between the sob and clubbing of gunfire Someone, it seems,...
Not Easy! by Sara Victoria The fire in your eyes is like the Mona Lisa smile, I don’t want to fall from grace, I just want to stand here in my place. I can’t fake what I am not, and I won’t take what you’ve got, if you don’t want to give...
The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 – 1941 There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from Old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses — he was worth a thousand pound, So all the...
