[Editor: This letter from John Neilson (1844-1922) was published in The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.), 19 January 1887. Neilson also sent a similar letter to the The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld.), which was published on 22 January 1887.]
Correspondence.
The Song of the Shearer.
To the Editor of the Morning Bulletin.
Sir, — I note in your issue of December of last year, that a correspondent, Mr. Cecil W. Poole, sends in a few verses entitled “The Song of the Shearer.” This song was written by me a few years ago, and appeared first in the Border Watch newspaper, Mount Gambier, South Australia.
I have to thank your correspondent for the compliment he pays me in saying that my verses are worth preserving, and I forward a copy of the piece nearly as it first appeared, and also another song that I wrote entitled “Harvest of the Flock.” I should feel much obliged if you could find room for them.
— Yours, &c.,
John Neilson.
Booroopki, via Horsham, Victoria, January 6, 1887.
Source:
The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.), 19 January 1887, p. 6 (letter)
Also published in:
The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld.), 22 January 1887, p. 5 (letter)
Editor’s notes:
&c. = an alternative form of “etc.”: an abbreviation of “et cetera” (also spelt “etcetera”), a Latin term (“et” meaning “and”, “cetera” meaning “the rest”) which is translated as “and the rest (of such things)”, used in English to mean “and other similar things”, “other unspecified things of the same class”, “and so forth”
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