[Editor: This was written in the vernacular style of the day, including a particular style of emphasis in the spelling of some words, including: aout, araound, daoubt, daown, faound, hage, haint, haow, ighteen, naow, owful, olways, raound, taown, and thet.] Ballad of Minnie … [Read more...] about Ballad of Minnie Ramsay [song, 1902]
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Song of the Sun-Downer [song, 1902]
Song of the Sun-Downer. O there’s dust on the road and there’s dust on me back And the glare o’ the sun makes me reel in me track, But I work when I may and I beg when I must, To keep me poor body from turning to dust, — Singing tweedle-dum, tweedle-dum, tweedle-dum di, O … [Read more...] about Song of the Sun-Downer [song, 1902]
The Son of a Jackaroo [song, 1902]
[Editor: This was written in the vernacular style of the day, including a particular style of emphasis in the spelling of some words, including: aout, araound, raound, and taown.] The Son of a Jackaroo. ’E’s a lazy sort o’ feller an ’e loafs araound all day, ’Sif th’ … [Read more...] about The Son of a Jackaroo [song, 1902]
My Jennie of Katoomba [song, 1902]
My Jennie of Katoomba. O my rosy laughing Jennie, will you hie away with me ? I’ve a station in the gum-bush where the grass will touch your knee ; I’ve a thousand sheep a-bleeting, I’ve a cosy hut for you ; It is lonely in the gum-bush and there’s room enough for two … [Read more...] about My Jennie of Katoomba [song, 1902]
South Australia [song, 1902 version]
[Editor: This version of the song “South Australia” was published in A Wanderer’s Songs of the Sea (1902), a book of songs collected by an American, Charles Keeler, in his travels around the Pacific Ocean.] South Australia. Our bark for South Australia sails And on we … [Read more...] about South Australia [song, 1902 version]
A Molloy Melody [poem by Grant Hervey, 28 December 1902]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 28 December 1902.] A Molloy Melody. Lo, we send a Christmas present to thee, Thomas, in a pleasant, and a gentle, early Christian frame of journalistic … [Read more...] about A Molloy Melody [poem by Grant Hervey, 28 December 1902]
“When a Man’s Rubbed Out” [poem by Grant Hervey, 28 December 1902]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] “When a Man’s Rubbed Out.” [The committee shall disqualify, for any period they may think fit, any person who, in their opinion, has been guilty of dishonest, … [Read more...] about “When a Man’s Rubbed Out” [poem by Grant Hervey, 28 December 1902]
Steerage to the West [poem by Grant Hervey, 21 December 1902]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] Steerage to the West. (With more-or-less of an apology to Henry Lawson.) Oh, we leave the smellful Yarra and we blunder down the bay, Herded aft like … [Read more...] about Steerage to the West [poem by Grant Hervey, 21 December 1902]
The Hardest Road [poem by Grant Hervey, 21 December 1902]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] The Hardest Road. There are roads whereon you grumble and abuse the blessed track, Saying, “Blast the thing to blazes” ; saying, “damn” and … [Read more...] about The Hardest Road [poem by Grant Hervey, 21 December 1902]
A literary star. Secured by “The Times” [14 December 1902]
[Editor: An announcement about Grant Hervey joining The Sunday Times in Perth, Western Australia.] A literary star. Secured by “The Times.” We have much pleasure in announcing that Mr. Grant Hervey, one of the best- known and most-promising of the younger school of … [Read more...] about A literary star. Secured by “The Times” [14 December 1902]