SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES

By A. B. Paterson

[Andrew Barton ("Banjo") Paterson, Australian poet & journalist. 1864-1941.]

Author of "The Man from Snowy River, and Other Verses", "Rio Grande, and Other Verses", and "An Outback Marriage".

Publisher's Note: Major A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egypt for the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to say that only a few of the pieces in this volume have been seen by him in proof; and that he is not responsible for the selection, the arrangement or the title of "Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses".

CONTENTS

SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES

Song of the Pen

Song of the Wheat

Brumby's Run

Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs

The Reverend Mullineux

The Wisdom of Hafiz

Saltbush Bill, J.P.

The Riders in the Stand

Waltzing Matilda

An Answer to Various Bards

T.Y.S.O.N.

As Long as your Eyes are Blue

Bottle-O!

The Story of Mongrel Grey

Gilhooley's Estate

The Road to Hogan's Gap

A Singer of the Bush

"Shouting" for a Camel

The Lost Drink

Mulligan's Mare

The Matrimonial Stakes

The Mountain Squatter

Pioneers

Santa Claus in the Bush

"In Re a Gentleman, One"

The Melting of the Snow

A Dream of the Melbourne Cup

The Gundaroo Bullock

Lay of the Motor-Car

The Corner Man

When Dacey Rode the Mule

The Mylora Elopement

The Pannikin Poet

Not on It

The Protest

The Scapegoat

An Evening in Dandaloo