[Editor: This poem by “Banjo” Paterson was published in The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, 1895.] The Swagman’s Rest We buried old Bob where the bloodwoods wave At the foot of the Eaglehawk; We fashioned a cross on the old man’s grave For fear that his ghost might walk; We carved his name […]

[Editor: This poem by “Banjo” Paterson was published in The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, 1895.] Under the Shadow of Kiley’s Hill This is the place where they all were bred; Some of the rafters are standing still; Now they are scattered and lost and dead, Every one from the old nest fled, […]

[Editor: This poem by “Banjo” Paterson was published in The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, 1895; previously published in The Bulletin, 21 March 1891.] Come-by-Chance As I pondered very weary o’er a volume long and dreary — For the plot was void of interest — ’twas the Postal Guide, in fact, There I […]