[Editor: This poem by L. E. Homfray was published in The Albury Banner, and Wodonga Express, 13 June 1924.] My Wish For Thee. Dear child! May Sorrow never place His heavy hand upon thy brow; In years to come may Time behold Thy tranquil face as pure as now. May He in whom we live […]
“We’ve Got a Big Brother in America” [song by “Dryblower” Murphy, (written 1908) published circa 1924]
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[Editor: A song by “Dryblower” Murphy about the visit of the American fleet to Australia in 1908. From the sheet music published circa 1924.] “We’ve Got a Big Brother in America” Written and Composed by “Dryblower” Murphy. Ship O’ war from Yankee land, anchor’d in the bay Underneath the flag of Uncle Sam Built of […]
The Old Mail Coach [poem, 7 June 1924]
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[Editor: A poem published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 1924.] The Old Mail Coach (Suggested by the Picture in “S.M. Herald.”) They may carry them high by way of the sky, Or hid in a submarine, They may rush in loads o’er the iron roads, Or sail on the seas between; But never […]
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