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  • Sam Holt
    (Air: "Ben Bolt.")


    Oh! don't you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt-- ...
  • Jimmy Sago, Jackaroo
    (Air: "Wearing of the Green.")


    If you want a situation, I'll just tell you the plan ...
  • The Overlander
    There's a trade you all know well--
    It's bringing cattle over--
    I'll tell you all about the time
    When I became a drover. ...
  • Sunny New South Wales
    We often hear men boast about the land which gave them birth,
    And each one thinks his native land the fairest spot on earth;
    In beauty, riches, power, no land can his surpass;
    To his, all other lands on earth cannot even hold a glass. ...
  • The Swagman
    Kind friends, pray give attention
    To this, my little song.
    Some rum things I will mention,
    And I'll not detain you long. ...
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Robert Service Poem
The Song Of The Mouth-Organ
 by Robert Service

(With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)

I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone;
I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost;
I haven't got a “vox humana” tone,
And a dime or two will satisfy my cost.
I don't attempt your high-falutin' flights;
I am more or less uncertain on the key;
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