Collected Verse A B BanjoPaterson

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SE  by A B ‘Banjo’

This collection of 60 poems published many times over the decades appear to have one thing in common with other.

As in most 1 author anthologies there is a theme running throughout.

This time it’s Politics, the People, and how one affects the other,

Banjo was an outspoken advocate for the working man and woman in Australia , this is a sample of his thoughts about politicians, the hard working and not-so-hard working population of Australia in the late 19th Century.

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El Mahdi to the Australian Troops:

The Bushfire:

The Deficit Demon:

Our Mat:

Uncle Bill:

The Sausage Candidate:

Who is Kater Anyhow?

The Hypnotist:

The Maori Pig Market:

The Ballad of G.

R.

Dibbs:

The Duties of an Aide-de-Camp:

Behind the Scenes:

Reconstruction:

Tom Collins:

The Ghost of the Murderer's Hut:

A Triolet:

The Wreck of the Golfer:

The Sydney Cup:

The Federal Bus Conductor and the Old Lady:

A Rule of the A.

J.

C.:

The Lost Leichhardt:

Investigating Flora:

Commandeering:

The Rum Parade:

Now Listen to Me and I'll Tell You My Views:

The Ballad of the Cockatoo Dock:

The Ballad of that P.

N.:

Policeman G.:

Gone Down:

The Ballad of the Carpet Bag:

A Nervous Governor-General:

The Fitzroy Blacksmith:

The Seven Ages of Wise:

The Rhyme of the O'Sullivan:

Ave Caesar:

The Premier and the Socialist:

The Ballad of M.

T.

Nutt and His Dog:

The Man from Goondiwindi,

Q.:

The Dam that Keele Built:

The Incantation:

A Motor Courtship:

Wisdom of Hafiz:

The Dauntless Three:

Old Schooldays:

We're All Australians Now:

Australia Today 1916:

The Army Mules:

Swingin’ the Lead:

Moving On:

Hawker, the Standard Bearer:

Cassidy's Epitaph:

Boots:

The Old Tin Hat:

The Quest Eternal:

That Half-Crown Sweep:

Jimmy Dooley's Army:

Typographical:

A Job for

Guinness:

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The Dry Canteen:

Unforgotten: