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  • Sam Holt
    (Air: "Ben Bolt.")


    Oh! don't you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt-- ...
  • Jimmy Sago, Jackaroo
    (Air: "Wearing of the Green.")


    If you want a situation, I'll just tell you the plan ...
  • The Overlander
    There's a trade you all know well--
    It's bringing cattle over--
    I'll tell you all about the time
    When I became a drover. ...
  • Sunny New South Wales
    We often hear men boast about the land which gave them birth,
    And each one thinks his native land the fairest spot on earth;
    In beauty, riches, power, no land can his surpass;
    To his, all other lands on earth cannot even hold a glass. ...
  • The Swagman
    Kind friends, pray give attention
    To this, my little song.
    Some rum things I will mention,
    And I'll not detain you long. ...
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Sydney-Side
 by Henry Lawson

Where's the steward?-Bar-room steward? Berth? Oh, any berth will do-
I have left a three-pound billet just to come along with you.
Brighter shines the Star of Rovers on a world that-s growing wide,
But I think I-d give a kingdom for a glimpse of Sydney-Side.
Run of rocky shelves at sunrise, with their base on ocean-s bed;
Homes of Coogee, homes of Bondi, and the lighthouse on South Head.
For in loneliness and hardship-and with just a touch of pride-
Has my heart been taught to whisper, -You belong to Sydney-Side.-
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