Spinifex and Sand I will sing you a lay of W.A. Of a wanderer, travelled and tanned By the sun’s fierce ray, through the livelong day In the Spinifex and Sand. At the day’s first dawn, in earliest morn, As a soldier obeys a command, From his blanket he’s torn, still weary and worn, By […]
The Lonely Ghost by Evelyn Cull
The Lonely Ghost by Evelyn Cull 1968 Throw another log on the fire, boys, A billy of tea we’ll brew And while we drink a tale I’ll tell Of something strange but true I was camped one night out Malcolm way On the side of a sandy hill, I was sitting beside my fire, mates, […]
The Old Terbaccy Tin –
The Old Terbaccy Tin – In 1985 Dan Callaghan died and was buried in the Sandstone Cemetery. This poem was dedicated to him and all of the other old times who will forever provide us with inspiration: I found him lying by the road So I shut the old truck down And made him […]
Burt Street – by Vic Dale
Burt Street Boulder Oh the years have long strayed, where my younger days played The dust on a long summer breeze Our old house where we stayed, mother cried when she prayed The dust storms that came as they pleased The Old Trams of Burt Street, in an old world compete With steam on the […]
Billy & I – by Dryblower Murphy
Billy and I by Dryblower Murphy A faithful mate of days gone by— A friend of many a far-off track,— And yet you here neglected lie, Battered, old, and black. How oft before I brought you West, I’ve heard you sing and bubble; How oft you’ve shared each tramp and rest And fleeting joy or […]
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