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The Old Bark Hut [folk music, videos]

21 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

Australian Folk Songs

“The Old Bark Hut” is an Australian folk song, which is part of Australia’s folk music tradition. The lyrics were included in Banjo Paterson’s collection, The Old Bush Songs (1905). The Hawking Brothers - The Old Bark Hut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqdCWUUZV4 Ron … [Read more...] about The Old Bark Hut [folk music, videos]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: folk music, folk music videos, folk songs, shepherds, swagmen

With My Swag All On My Shoulder [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] With My Swag All On My Shoulder When first I left Old England’s shore, Such yarns as we were told, As … [Read more...] about With My Swag All On My Shoulder [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, swagmen, year1932

Hang the Man Who Works [song]

19 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This song was published in Old Bush Songs: Composed and Sung in the Bushranging, Digging, and Overlanding Days (8th edition, 1932), edited by Banjo Paterson.] Hang the Man Who Works Come listen to my ditty, come listen to me hum, While I relate a verse or two of … [Read more...] about Hang the Man Who Works [song]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Old Bush Songs (Banjo Paterson 1932), song, SourceTrove, swagmen, year1932

[In reply to remarks of “Warrigal Jack” on “The Mythical Sundowner”] [by The Big Irishman, 19 October 1889]

24 January 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled letter to the editor was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 19 October 1889. It was written in reply to a letter written by “Warrigal Jack” (Joseph Furphy) which appeared in The Bulletin on 5 October 1889.] [In reply to remarks of “Warrigal Jack” … [Read more...] about [In reply to remarks of “Warrigal Jack” on “The Mythical Sundowner”] [by The Big Irishman, 19 October 1889]

Filed Under: letters to the editor Tagged With: letter to the editor, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, swagmen, year1889

“The Mythical Sundowner” [by Warrigal Jack (Joseph Furphy), 5 October 1889]

24 January 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This letter to the editor from “Warrigal Jack” (Joseph Furphy) was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 5 October 1889. It was written in reply to an article which appeared in The Bulletin on 14 September 1889.] “The Mythical Sundowner.” Dear Bulletin, — I … [Read more...] about “The Mythical Sundowner” [by Warrigal Jack (Joseph Furphy), 5 October 1889]

Filed Under: letters to the editor Tagged With: Joseph Furphy (author) (1843-1912), letter to the editor, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, swagmen, year1889

The Mythical Sundowner [The Bulletin, 14 September 1889]

24 January 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 14 September 1889. A reply to this article was written by “Warrigal Jack” (Joseph Furphy) and published in The Bulletin on 5 October 1889.] The Mythical Sundowner. (For The Bulletin.) In 1887 a paper on … [Read more...] about The Mythical Sundowner [The Bulletin, 14 September 1889]

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The “Sundowner” [by Gladys Johns, 4 April 1935]

31 December 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 1935.] The “Sundowner.” When I first saw him he was loitering in the shade of an old gum tree — his swag, his billy, and his dog. As I passed, I nodded in the friendly bush fashion. “Good-day,” he said. “Kind … [Read more...] about The “Sundowner” [by Gladys Johns, 4 April 1935]

Filed Under: short stories and anecdotes Tagged With: anecdote, Gladys Johns, SourceTrove, swagmen, year1935

The Swagman [poem, 25 July 1868]

22 July 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser, 25 July 1868.] The Swagman. Trudging on wearily, heavily, drearily, Parching with thirst on a hot dusty road; No one to speak a kind word to him cheerily, No one to love him, no place of … [Read more...] about The Swagman [poem, 25 July 1868]

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