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Henry Lawson

17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: 'GS' or the Fourth Cook He has notions of Australia from the tales that he’s been told, 30835
2: 1891 Now, Yankee inventors can beat a retreat, Kangaroo Power 301148
3: 39 I only woke this morning 482770
4: A Backward Glance It is well when you’ve lived in clover, 1897 81935
5: A Bush Girl She's milking in the rain and dark, 481044
6: A Dan Yell I wish I’d never gone to board 482567
7: A Derry On A Cove Twas in the felon’s dock he stood, his eyes were black and blue; 16840
8: A Fantasy Of War Oh, tell me, God of Battles! Oh, say what is to come! 102821
9: A Little Mistake Tis a yarn I heard of a new-chum ‘trap’ 52913
10: A Mate Can Do No Wrong We learnt the creed at Hungerford, 24973
11: A May Night On The Mountains Tis a wonderful time when these hours begin, 32817
12: A Mixed Battle Song Lo! the Boar’s tail is salted, and the Kangaroo’s exalted, 33847
13: A New John Bull A tall, slight, English gentleman, 48861
14: A Prouder Man Than You If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine, 20850
15: A Slight Misunderstanding At The Jasper Gate Oh, do you hear the argument, far up above the skies? 401209
16: A Song For The Sydney Poor or, The Australian Marseillaise Sing the strong, proud song of Labour, 60753
17: A Song Of Brave Men Man, is the Sea your master? Sea, and is man your slave?, 601229
18: A Song Of Brave Men Man, is the Sea your master? Sea, and is man your slave?, 60866
19: A Song Of The Republic Sons of the South, awake! arise! 241192
20: A Song Of The Republic Sons of the South, awake! arise! 1887 24783
21: A Study In The 'Nood' He was bare we don’t want to be rude 391190
22: A Voice From The City On western plain and eastern hill 641268
23: A Word From The Bards It is New Year’s Day and I rise to state that here on the Sydney side 302211
24: A Word To Texas Jack Texas Jack, you are amusin’. By Lord Harry, how I laughed 641156
25: Above Crow’s Nest - Sydney A blanket low and leaden, 642353
26: Above Eurunderee There are scenes in the distance where beauty is not, 301219
27: Above Lavender Bay Tis glorious morning everywhere 481186
28: After All The brooding ghosts of Australian night have gone from the bush and town; 1334
29: An Interlude Of Peace - The Fairy West We wrote and sang of a bush we never 1141246
30: An Interlude of Peace. The Fairy West We wrote and sang of a bush we never 68769
31: And The Bairns Will Come So you’ve seen at last what we have seen so long through scalding tears: 241118
32: And What Have You To Say I mind the days when ladies fair 442365
33: Andy's Gone With Cattle Our Andy's gone to battle now 321187
34: Andy's Return With pannikins all rusty, 401127
35: Antony Villa Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens, 681122
36: As far As Your Rifles Cover Do you think, you slaves of a thousand years to poverty, wealth and pride, 81187
37: As Good As New Oh, this is a song of the old lights, that came to my heart like a hymn; 201125
38: As Ireland Wore The Green By right of birth in southern land I send my warning forth. 72787
39: As It Was In The Beginning As it was in the beginning, so we’ll find it in the end, 161087
40: At The Beating Of A Drum Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong, 121067
41: At The Tug-0-War Twas in a tug-of-war where I, the guvnor’s hope and pride, 241029
42: Australia's Peril (The Warning) We must suffer, husband and father, we must suffer, daughter and son, 281110
43: Australian Bards And Bush Reviewers While you use your best endeavour to immortalise in verse 16981
44: Australian Engineers Ah, well! but the case seems hopeless, and the pen might write in vain; 32981
45: Ballad Of The Drover Across the stony ridges, 881111
46: Barta Wide solemn eyes that question me, 32996
47: Beaten Back Beaten back in sad dejection, 1888 28780
48: Before We Were Married Blacksoil plains were grey soil, grey soil in the drought. 162701
49: Ben Boyd's Tower Ben Boyd's Tower is watching, 401016
50: Ben Duggan Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began, 60944
51: Bill And Jim Fall Out Bill and Jim are mates no longer, they would scorn the name of mate, 361047
52: Billy Of Queensland Queensland,” he heads his letters, that’s all: 321028
53: Billys 'Square Affair' Long Bill, the captain of the push, was tired of his estate, 44989
54: Black Bonnet A day of seeming innocence, 104980
55: Bobbie’s Statue Grown tired of mourning for my sins, 1905 56791
56: Bonnie New South Wales It surely cannot be too soon, and never is too late, 16749
57: Booth's Drum They were “ratty” they were hooted by the meanest and the least, 721013
58: Borderland I am back from up the country, very sorry that I went, 1892 541694
59: Bound For The Lord-Knows-Where Where are you going with your horse and bike, 702242
60: Bourke I’ve followed all my tracks and ways,from old bark school to Leicester Square, 56777
61: Break O’ Day You love me, you say, and I think you do, 40840
62: Brighten’s Sister-In-Law or, The Carrier’s Story At a point where the old road crosses 1889 200766
63: Broken Axletree On the Track of Grand Endeavour, on the long track out to Bourke, 16733
64: Brother, You’ll Take My Hand Not to the sober and staid, 1903 60785
65: Bush Hay The stamp of Scotland is on his face, 322057
66: But What's The Use But what’s the use of writing ‘bush’, 48822
67: By Hut, Homestead And Shearing Shed, By hut, homestead and shearing shed, 40802
68: Cameron's Heart The diggings were just in their glory when Alister Cameron came, 42816
69: Captain Von Esson Of The “Sebastopol” Of his beauty, or stature, or colour of hair I hadn’t the slightest hint, 52732
70: Cherry-Tree Inn The rafters are open to sun, moon, and star, 36774
71: Cinderella A lonely child, with toil o’ertaxed, 1889 32830
72: Clinging Back When you see a man come walking down through George Street loose and free, 42817
73: Constable M‘Carty’s Investigations Most unpleasantly adjacent to the haunts of lower orders 104723
74: Coomera There's a pretty little story with a touch of moonlit glory 1891 20790
75: Corny Bill His old clay pipe stuck in his mouth, 64740
76: Cromwell They took dead Cromwell from his grave, 88777
77: Cypher Seven "07" The nearer camp fires lighted, 882215
78: Dan Wasn’t Thrown From His Horse They say he was thrown and run over, 1891 24803
79: Dan, The Wreck Tall, and stout, and solid-looking, 97839
80: Dawgs Of War Comes the British bulldog first, solid as a log, 68810
81: Days When We Went Swimming The breezes waved the silver grass, 40810
82: Divorced Two couples are drifting the self-same way 321411
83: Do You Think That I Do Not Know? They say that I never have written of love, 56803
84: Down The River I’ve done with joys an’ misery, 40818
85: Eureka Roll up, Eureka's heroes, on that grand Old Rush afar, 75759
86: Eurunderee There are scenes in the distance where beauty is not, 30719
87: Every Man Should Have A Rifle So I sit and write and ponder, while the house is deaf and dumb, 12818
88: Everyone's Friend Nobody's enemy save his own”, 12760
89: Faces In The Street They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone 911022
90: Fall In, My Men, Fall In The short hour's halt is ended, 40762
91: Fighting Hard Rolling out to fight for England, singing songs across the sea; 31769
92: Flag Of The Southern Cross Sons of Australia, be loyal and true to her, 56753
93: For All the Land to See (A Song Of The Tools) The cross-cut and the crowbar cross, and hang them on the wall, 181434
94: For Australia Now, with the wars of the world begun, they'll listen to you and me, 30779
95: For He Was A Jolly Good Fellow They cheered him from the wharf, it was a glorious day: 301540
96: For'ard It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep, 87757
97: Foreign Lands You may roam the wide seas over, follow, meet, and cross the sun, 43757
98: Freedom On The Wallaby Australia's a big country 40716
99: Freedom on the Wallaby Our fathers toiled for bitter bread 1891 24733
100: From The Bush The Channel fog has lifted, 40765
101: From The Lanes Of ‘Loo Or, The Cab Lamps The crescent moon and clock tower are fair above the wall 281067
102: Genoa A long farewell to Genoa 40820
103: Gipsy Too If they missed my face in Farmers’ Arms 40736
104: Give Yourself A Show (New Years Eve) To my fellow sinners all, who, in hope and doubt, 241457
105: Golden Gully No one lives in Golden Gully, for its golden days are o’er, 42775
106: Grace Jennings Carmicheal I hate the pen, the foolscap fair, 32745
107: Grey Wolves Grey The Russian march is soft and slow, 38748
108: Hannah Thomburn They lifted her out of a story 1042379
109: He Had So Much Work To Do Tell a simple little story of a settler in the West, 40775
110: He Mourned His Master The theme is ancient as the hills, 1890 156726
111: Heed Not! Heed not the cock-sure tourist, 32718
112: Here Died There's many a schoolboy's bat and ball that are gathering dust at home, 60746
113: Here's Luck Old Time is tramping close to-day, you hear his bluchers fall, 322490
114: He’s Gone To England For A Wife He's gone to England for a wife 1889 24767
115: How The Land Was Won The future was dark and the past was dead 642199
116: Hymn Of The Reformers By the bodies and minds and souls that rot in a common sty 1887 24760
117: I'd Back Agen The World She's not like an empress, 602213
118: I'll Tell You What You Wanderers I'll tell you what you wanderers, who drift from town to town; 81534
119: In Answer To "Banjo," And Otherwise. (The City Bushman) It was pleasant up the country, Mr. Banjo, where you went, 1892 1121041
120: In Possum Land In Possum Land the nights are fair, 82668
121: In The Day's When We Are Dead Listen! The end draws nearer, 362737
122: In The Days When The World Was Wide The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow 561405
123: In The Height Of Fashion So at last a toll they’ll levy 1460
124: In The Storm That Is To Come By our place in the midst of the furthest seas we were fated to stand alone, 322467
125: In The Street Where the needle-woman toils 302303
126: Interlude - A Dirge Of Joy Oh! this is a joyful dirge, my friends, and this is a hymn of praise; 221368
127: Interlude - Callaghan's Hotel There's the same old coaching stable that was used by Cobb and Co 201432
128: Interlude - Next Door Whenever I’m moving my furniture in 271381
129: Interlude. A Dirge of Joy Oh! this is a joyful dirge, my friends, and this is a hymn of praise; 22746
130: Interlude. Callaghan’s Hotel There's the same old coaching stable that was used by Cobb and Co., 20666
131: Interlude. Next Door Whenever I’m moving my furniture in 27833
132: Ireland Shall Rebel While tyrants rule the land, 1890 30807
133: I’m An Older Man Than You When you’ve managed with the tailor for a rig-out of a sort 241429
134: Jack Cornstalk I met with Jack Cornstalk in London to-day, 242208
135: Jack Dunn Of Nevertire It chanced upon the very day we'd got the shearing done, 721416
136: Jack Robertson How oft in public meetings past, 1891 16745
137: John Cornstalk John Cornstalk lives in the Southern Land, 1890 321161
138: Johnson’s Wonder I’d been right round by overlands to see the world and life, 481292
139: Joseph’s Dreams And Reuben’s Brethren (A Recital In Six Chapters) I cannot blame old Israel yet, 1905 976964
140: Keeping His First Wife Now It's oh! for a rivet in marriage bonds, 561118
141: Knocked Up I'm lyin' on the barren ground that's baked and cracked with drought, 322496
142: Knockin' Around Weary old wife, with the bucket and cow, 261361
143: Lachlan Side Region of damper and junk and tea, 1888 38943
144: Lake Eliza The sand was heavy on our feet, 32953
145: Laughing And Sneering What though the world does me ill turns 1889 8909
146: Let’s Be Fools To-Night or, The Three Partners We, three men of commerce, 1888 48872
147: Lily I scorn the man, a fool at most, 1890 216853
148: MaCleay Street And Red Rock Lane MaCleay Street looks to Mosman, 721151
149: Marshall's Mate You almost heard the surface bake, and saw the gum-leaves turn, 701477
150: Mary Called Him 'Mister' They'd parted but a year before, she never thought he’d come, 241356
151: Mary Lemaine Jim Duff was a ‘native,’as wild as could be; 421403
152: Middleton's Rouseabout Tall and freckled and sandy, 281324
153: Mostly Slavonic It was Peter the Barbarian put an apron in his bag 2531104
154: Mount Bukaroo Only one old post is standing, 561185
155: My Army, O, My Army! My Army, O, my army! The time I dreamed of comes! 351106
156: My Father-In-Law And I My father-in-law is a careworn man, 241128
157: My Land And I They have eaten their fill at your tables spread, 481096
158: My Literary Friend Once I wrote a little poem which I thought was very fine, 201090
159: My Wife’s Second Husband The world goes round, old fellow, 481145
160: Nemesis It is night-time when the saddest and the darkest memories haunt, 1904 48903
161: Never, Never Land By hut, homestead and shearing shed, 401172
162: New Life, New Love The breezes blow on the river below, 241106
163: Nineteen Nine There's a light out there in the nearer east 201114
164: O Cupid, Cupid; Get Your Bow! Arming down along the stream, 1889 20848
165: O'Hara, J.P. James Patrick O'Hara the Justice of Peace, 731127
166: Old North Sydney They're shifting old North Sydney, 1904 32791
167: Old Stone Chimney The rising moon on the peaks was blending 881059
168: Old Tunes When friends are listening round me, Jack, to hear my dying breath, 1897 12782
169: On The March So the time seems come at last, 42673
170: On The Night Train Have you seen the bush by moonlight, from the train, go running by? 15750
171: On The Summit Of Mount Clarence On the summit of Mount Clarence rotting slowly in the air 1890 18751
172: On The Wallaby Now the tent poles are rotting, the camp fires are dead, 36770
173: One Hundred And Three With the frame of a man, and the face of a boy, and a manner strangely wild, 124735
174: One-Man-One-Vote ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE!” You hear the people shouting. 1891 20760
175: Only A Sod It's only a sod, but ’twill break me ould heart 1887 20683
176: Our Mistress And Our Queen We set no right above hers, 1691067
177: Out On The Roofs Of Hell Sing us a song in this cynical age, 1898 40731
178: Outback The old year went, and the new returned, in the withering weeks of drought, 40703
179: Outside I want to be lighting my pipe on deck, 16734
180: Over The Ranges And Into The West Let others sing praise of their sea-girted isles, 1890 16704
181: Past Carin' Now up and down the siding brown 60678
182: Peddling Round The World When at first in foreign parts 96686
183: Peter Anderson And Co. He had offices in Sydney, not so many years ago, 129657
184: Pigeon Toes A dusty clearing in the scrubs 100687
185: Possum - A Lay Of Newchumland So yer trav’lin’ for yer pleasure while yer writin’ for the press? 1890 105671
186: Poverty I hate this grinding poverty, 1897 16753
187: Queen Hilda Of Virland Queen Hilda rode along the lines, 159763
188: Rain In The Mountains The Valley's full of misty cloud, 16857
189: Reedy River Ten miles down Reedy River 64713
190: Rejected She says she’s very sorry, as she sees you to the gate; 44732
191: Republican Pioneers We're marching along, we're gath'ring strong' 27729
192: Riding Round The Lines Dust and smoke against the sunrise out where grim disaster lurks 48696
193: Rise Ye! Rise Ye! Rise Ye! rise ye! noble toilers! claim your rights with fire and steel! 28698
194: Robbie's Statue Grown tired of mourning for my sins, 56742
195: Ruth All is well, in a prison, to-night, and the warders are crying ‘All’s Well!’ 244768
196: Sacred To The Memory Of “Unknown” Oh, the wild black swans fly westward still, 302297
197: Said Grenfell To My Spirit Said Grenfell to my spirit, "You’ve been writing very free 122482
198: Said The Kaiser To The Spy Now tell me what can England do?” 562293
199: Saint Peter Now, I think there is a likeness 'twixt St Peter's life and mine 202341
200: Say Goodbye When Your Chum Is Married Now this is a rhyme that might well be carried 162261
201: Scots Of The Riverina The boy cleared out to the city from his home at harvest time, 202208
202: Seaweed, Tussock And Fern Emblems of storm and danger, 121396
203: Second Class Wait Here At suburban railway stations, you may see them as you pass, 312358
204: Send Round The Hat Now this is the creed from the Book of the Bush, 41404
205: Sez You When the heavy sand is yielding backward from your blistered feet, 371416
206: Shadows Before Like clouds o'er the South are the nations who reign 1371
207: Shearers No church-bell rings them from the Track, 401375
208: Sheoaks That Sigh When The Wind Is Still Why are the sheoaks forever sighing? 221339
209: Since The Cities Are The Cities Fools can parrot-cry the prophet when the proof is close at hand, 441106
210: Since Then I met Jack Ellis in town to-day, 801349
211: Skaal While they struggle on exhausted, 641349
212: Skeleton Flat Here's never a bough to be tossed in the breeze, 1890 32780
213: Somewhere Up In Queensland He's somewhere up in Queensland, 481373
214: Song Of The Dardanelles The Wireless tells and the cable tells 491377
215: Song Of The Dardanelles The wireless tells and the cable tells 49730
216: Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver Far back in the days when the blacks used to ramble 561487
217: Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver Far back in the days when the blacks used to ramble 56693
218: Stand by the Engines On the moonlighted decks there are children at play, 1890 24676
219: Success Did you see that man riding past, 241348
220: Sweeney It was somewhere in September, and the sun was going down, 681354
221: Sweethearts Wait On Every Shore She sits beside the tinted tide, 1890 8786
222: Sydney Town In ’91 Let us sing a song as not a 1891 104707
223: Sydney-Side Where's the steward?, Bar-room steward? Berth? Oh, any berth will do, 321113
224: Take It Fightin’ When you’ve got no chance at all, 201077
225: Taking His Chance They stood by the door of the Inn on the Rise; 421196
226: Tambaroora Jim He never drew a sword to fight a dozen foes alone, 541197
227: That Great Waiting Silence Where shall we go for prophecy? Where shall we go for proof? 28980
228: That There Dog O' Mine Macquarie the shearer had met with an accident. 151139
229: The 'Soldier Birds' I mind the river from Mount Frome 1041154
230: The Afterglow Oh, for the fire that used to glow 641113
231: The Alleys I was welcome in a palace when the ball was at my feet, 701150
232: The Army Of The Rear I listened through the music and the sounds of revelry, 561331
233: The Australian Marseillaise or, A Song For The Sydney Poor Sing the strong, proud song of Labour, 60748
234: The Author's Farewell To The Bushmen Some carry their swags in the Great North-West, 241071
235: The Babies Of Walloon He was lengthsman on the railway, and his station scarce deserved 20825
236: The Ballad Of Mabel Clare Ye children of the Land of Gold, 1361081
237: The Ballad Of The Drover Across the stony ridges, 1889 88771
238: The Ballad Of The Elder Son A son of elder sons I am, 2001115
239: The Ballad Of The Rousabout A Rouseabout of rouseabouts, from any land, or none, 561047
240: The Bard Of Furthest Out He longed to be a Back-Blocks Bard, 801086
241: The Bards Who Lived At Manly The camp of high-class spielers, 152988
242: The Battling Days So, sit you down in a straight-backed chair, with your pipe and your wife content, 241020
243: The Beauty And The Dude A fresh sweet-scented beauty 1891 16743
244: The Bill Of The Ages He shall live to the end of this mad old world, he has lived since the world began, 361061
245: The Black Bordered Letter An’ SO ’e’s dead in London, 521041
246: The Black Tracker or, Why He Lost The Track There was a tracker in the force 1890 28674
247: The Blue Mountains Above the ashes straight and tall, 281066
248: The Bonny Port Of Sydney The lovely Port of Sydney 241035
249: The Boss Over The Board When he’s over a rough and unpopular shed, 631064
250: The Boss's Boots The Shearers squint along the pens, they squint along the ‘shoots;’ 601030
251: The Brass Well Tis a legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham, 241041
252: The Briny Grave You wonder why so many would be buried in the sea, 44908
253: The Bulletin Hotel I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand, 32911
254: The Bursting Of The Boom The shipping-office clerks are ‘short,’ the manager is gruff, 58897
255: The Bush Beyond The Range From Crow’s Nest here by Sydney town 561025
256: The Bush Fire Ah, better the thud of the deadly gun, and the crash of the bursting shell, 48947
257: The Bush Girl So you rode from the range where your brothers “select,” 321026
258: The Cab Lamps Or, From The Lanes Of ‘Loo The crescent moon and clock tower are fair above the wall 281221
259: The Cambaroora Star So you're writing for a paper? Well, it's nothing very new 130869
260: The Captain Of The Push As the night was falling slowly down on city, town and bush, 72871
261: The Captains The Captains sailed from all the World, from all the world and Spain; 58977
262: The Carrier’s Story or, Brighten’s Sister-In-Law At a point where the old road crosses 1889 200633
263: The Cattle-Dog's Death The Plains lay bare on the homeward route, 36918
264: The Christ Of The 'Never' With eyes that are narrowed to pierce 36949
265: The City Bushman It was pleasant up the country, Mr. Banjo, where you went, 122864
266: The Cliffs They sing of the grandeur of cliffs inland, 28898
267: The Cockney Soul From Woolwich and Brentford and Stamford Hill, from Richmond into the Strand, 28837
268: The Cross Roads Once more I write a line to you, 32860
269: The Crucifixion They sunk a post into the ground 91924
270: The Day Before I Die There's such a lot of work to do, for such a troubled head! 121091
271: The Days When We went Swimming The breezes waved the silver grass, 40718
272: The Distant Drum Republicans! the time is coming! 1887 24665
273: The Dons Of Spain The Eagle screams at the beck of trade, so Spain, as the world goes round, 24751
274: The Drover's Sweetheart An hour before the sun goes down 64758
275: The Drovers Shrivelled leather, rusty buckles, and the rot is in our knuckles, 30770
276: The Drums Of Battersea They can’t hear in West o’ London, where the worst dine with the best, 42737
277: The Drums Of Battersea They can’t hear in West o’ London, where the worst dine with the best, 42618
278: The Drunkard's Vision A public parlour in the slums, 40797
279: The Empty Glass There are three lank bards in a borrowed room, 561063
280: The Federal City Oh! the folly, the waste, and the pity! Oh, the time that is flung behind! 241086
281: The Fight At Eureka Stockade Was I at Eureka?" His figure was drawn to a youthful height, 76683
282: The Fire At Ross's Farm The squatter saw his pastures wide 120675
283: The Firing-Line They are creeping on through the cornfields yet, and they clamber amongst the rocks, 24715
284: The Flour Bin By Lawson's Hill, near Mudgee, 48732
285: The Foreign Drunk When you get tight in foreign lands 40701
286: The Free Selector's Daughter I met her on the Lachlan Side, 32714
287: The Friends Of The Fallen fortunes The battlefield behind us, 88714
288: The Gathering Of The Brown-Eyed The brown eyes came from Asia, where all mystery is true, 361068
289: The Gentlemen Of Dickens The gentlemen of Dickens 1909 48712
290: The Ghost Down the street as I was drifting with the city's human tide, 48754
291: The Ghost At The Second Bridge You'd call the man a senseless fool, 128750
292: The Glass On The Bar Three bushmen one morning rode up to an inn, 30740
293: The God-Forgotten Election PAT M‘DURMER brought the tidings to the town of God-Forgotten : 64690
294: The Good Old Concertina Twas merry when the hut was full 1891 24635
295: The Good Samaritan He comes from out the ages dim, 136731
296: The Great Grey Plain Out West, where the stars are brightest, 64717
297: The Green-Hand Rouseabout Call this hot? I beg your pardon. Hot!, you don’t know what it means. 44699
298: The Grog-an'Grumble Steeplechase Twixt the coastline and the border lay the town of Grog-an'-Grumble 48740
299: The Heart Of Australia When the wars of the world seemed ended, and silent the distant drum, 40726
300: The Heart Of The Swag Oh, the track through the scrub groweth ever more dreary, 24656
301: The Horse And Cart Ferry It was old Jerry Brown, 79718
302: The Hymn Of The Socialists By the bodies and minds and souls that rot in a common stye 24696
303: The Imported Servant The Blue Sky arches o’er mountain and valley, 24692
304: The Iron Wedding Rings In these days of peace and money, free to all the Commonweal, 481079
305: The Jolly Dead March If I ever be worthy or famous, 751011
306: The King Among the sons of Englishmen 241110
307: The King And Queen And I Oh, Scotty, have you visited the Picture Gallery, 241029
308: The King Of Our Republic He is coming! He is coming! without heralds, without cheers. 201015
309: The Labour Agitator Let the liar call me liar, 1891 64855
310: The Lady Of The Motor Car The Lady of the Motor-car she stareth straight ahead; 281069
311: The Last Review Turn the light down, nurse, and leave me, while I hold my last review, 801047
312: The Leader And The Bad Girl Because he had sinned and suffered, because he loved the land, 1903 48896
313: The League Of Nations Light on the towns and cities, and peace for evermore! 421024
314: The Legend Of Cooee Gully The night came down thro’ Deadman’s Gap, 681073
315: The Legend Of Mammon Castle In the days that will be olden after many years are gone, 1889 24858
316: The Light On The Wreck Out there by the rocks, at the end of the bank, 24917
317: The Lights Of Cobb & Co Fire lighted; on the table a meal for sleepy men; 48883
318: The Lily And The Bee I Looked upon the lilies 24853
319: The Lily Of St Leonards Tis sunrise over Watson, 361072
320: The Little Czar Oh, Great White Czar of Russia, who hid your face and ran, 24840
321: The Little Native Rose There is a lasting little flower, 121113
322: The Little Slit In The Tail I’m glad that the Bushmen can’t see me now 1909 20884
323: The Loveable Characters I long for the streets but the Lord knoweth best, 32863
324: The Man From Waterloo It was the Man from Waterloo, 72823
325: The Man Who Raised Charlestown They were hanging men in Buckland who would not cheer King George, 80906
326: The March Of Ivan Are you coming, Ivan, coming?, Ah, the ways are long and slow, 68859
327: The Memories They Bring I would never waste the hours 32921
328: The Men We Might Have Been When God's wrath-cloud is o'er me, 32900
329: The Men Who Come Behind There's a class of men (and women) who are always on their guard, 32864
330: The Men Who Live It Down I have sinned, like others, blindly, without thought and without fear, 24828
331: The Men Who Made Australia There'll be royal times in Sydney for the Cuff and Collar Push, 80856
332: The Men Who Made Bad Matches Tis the song of many husbands, and you all must understand 40655
333: The Men Who Sleep With Danger The men who camp with Danger 88750
334: The Men Who Stuck To Me They were men of many nations, they were men of many stations, 20681
335: The Motor Car The motor car is sullen, like a thing that should not be; 48898
336: The Mountain Splitter He works in the glen where the waratah grows, 1889 36886
337: The Muscovy Duck The rooster is a brainless dude, although he sports a crest 24987
338: The Never-Never Country By homestead, hut, and shearing-shed, 80657
339: The New Chum Jackeroo Let bushmen think as bushmen will, 44806
340: The Old Bark School It was built of bark and poles, and the floor was full of holes 44712
341: The Old Jimmy Woodser The old Jimmy Woodser comes into the bar 30851
342: The Old Mile-Tree Old coach-road West by Nor’-ward, 1897 40683
343: The Old Stockman's Lament Wrap me up in me stockwhip and blanket, 56856
344: The Old, Old Story And The New Order They proved we could not think nor see, 96699
345: The Old, Old Story And The New Order They proved we could not think nor see, 96709
346: The Outside Track There were ten of us there on the moonlit quay, 40739
347: The Paroo River It was a week from Christmas-time, 48878
348: The Passing Of Scotty We throw us down on the dusty plain 1903 36738
349: The Patriotic League Behold! the biased foes of Right 32690
350: The Patteran From over the leagues of ice and snow, and the miles of scorching sand; 18705
351: The Pavement Stones (A Song Of The Unemployed) When first I came to town, resolved 1890 40723
352: The Peace Maker It has a “point” of neither sex 60968
353: The Poets Of The Tomb The world has had enough of bards who wish that they were dead, 30851
354: The Port O'Call Our hull is seldom painted, 88763
355: The Ports Of The Open Sea Down here where the ships loom large in 71686
356: The Pride That Comes After It knows it all, it knows it all, 693
357: The Prime Of Life Oh, the strength of the toil of those twenty years, with father, and master, and men! 36994
358: The Professional Wanderer When you’ve knocked about the country, been away from home for years; 22686
359: The Rhyme Of The Three Greybeards He'd been for years in Sydney "a-acting of the goat", 94685
360: The Roaring Days The night too quickly passes 88681
361: The Rose We love the land when the world goes round, 12743
362: The Route March Did you hear the children singing, O my brothers? 16639
363: The Rovers Some born of homely parents 96663
364: The Rush To London You're off away to London now, 24881
365: The Scamps Of home, name and wealth and ambition bereft, 40666
366: The Scots Black Scots and red Scots, 24698
367: The Secret Whisky Cure Tis no tale of heroism, ’tis no tale of storm and strife, 56734
368: The Separated Women The Separated Women 64865
369: The Separation We knew too little of the world, 24734
370: The Shakedown On The Floor Set me back for twenty summers, 48676
371: The Shame Of Going Back When you've come to make a fortune and you haven't made your salt, 26647
372: The Shanty On The Rise When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the West, 60661
373: The Shearers No church-bell rings them from the Track, 40661
374: The Shearers Dream O I dreamt I shore in a shearing shed and it was a dream of joy 18784
375: The Shearing Shed The ladies are coming,' the super says 56647
376: The Ships That Won't Go Down We hear a great commotion 32707
377: The Skyline Riders Against the light of a dawning white 64662
378: The Sleeping Beauty Call that a yarn!” said old Tom Pugh, 1889 132679
379: The Sliprails And The Spur The colours of the setting sun 40638
380: The Song And The Sigh The creek went down with a broken song, 16810
381: The Song Of A Prison Now this is the song of a prison, a song of a gaol or jug, 56746
382: The Song Of Australia The centuries found me to nations unknown, 28635
383: The Song Of Old Joe Swallow When I was up the country in the rough and early days, 58679
384: The Song Of The Darling River The skies are brass and the plains are bare, 34640
385: The Song Of The Waste-Paper Basket O bard of fortune, you deem me nought 1889 32728
386: The Sorrows Of A Simple Bard When I tell a tale of virtue and of injured innocence, 37867
387: The Soul Of A Poet I have written, long years I have written, 32924
388: The Southerly Buster There's a wind that blows out of the South in the drought, 56668
389: The Spirits For Good We come with peace and reason, 36850
390: The Spirits Of Our Fathers The spirits of our fathers rise not from every wave, 68967
391: The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, And The Well There was a Squatter in the land, 1890 70639
392: The Squatter’s Daughter Out in the west, where runs are wide, 1889 68664
393: The Star Of Australasia We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation's slime; 80596
394: The Statue Of Our Queen Pride, selfishness in every line, 1890 20682
395: The Stranded Ship (The “Vincennes”) Twas the glowing log of a picnic fire where a red light should not be, 32863
396: The Stranger's Friend The strangest things and the maddest things, that a man can do or say, 402378
397: The Stringy-Bark Tree There's the whitebox and pine on the ridges afar, 202298
398: The Swagman And His Mate From north to south throughout the year 1896 48717
399: The Teams A cloud of dust on the long white road, 402367
400: The Things We Dare Not Tell The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun's still shining there, 163389
401: The Things We Dare Not Tell The fields are fair in autumn yet, and the sun’s still shining there, 1906 161384
402: The Three Kings Trio East is dead and the West is done, and again our course lies thus 242443
403: The Three Partners or, Let’s Be Fools To-Night We, three men of commerce, 1888 48745
404: The Three Quiet Gentlemen There is a quiet gentleman a-motoring in France 161410
405: The Tracks That Lie By India Now this is not a dismal song, like some I’ve sung of late, 302255
406: The Tragedy Oh, I never felt so wretched, and things never looked so blue 162675
407: The Triumph Of The People Lo, the gods of Vice and Mammon from their pinnacles are hurled 1891 202336
408: The Two Samaritans And The Tramp A tramp was trampin’ on the road, 1890 212213
409: The Uncultured Rhymer To His Cultured Critics Fight through ignorance, want, and care, 401607
410: The Unknown God The President to Kingdoms, 721421
411: The Vagabond White handkerchiefs wave from the short black pier 1081510
412: The Vanguard While the crippled cruisers stagger where the blind horizon dips, 202297
413: The Vanguard They say, in all kindness, I’m out of the hunt, 361365
414: The Voice From Over Yonder Did she care as much as I did 1897 241385
415: The Vote Of Thanks Debate The other night I got the blues and tried to smile in vain. 642845
416: The Wander-Light And they heard the tent-poles clatter, 1376
417: The Wantaritencant It watched me in the cradle laid, and from my boyhood’s home 20968
418: The Watch On The Kerb Night-Lights are falling; 281396
419: The Water Let others make the songs of love 1905 483088
420: The Water Lily A lonely young wife 301365
421: The Wattle I saw it in the days gone by, 161347
422: The Way Of The World When fairer faces turn from me, 241340
423: The Women Of The Town It is up from out the alleys, from the alleys dark and vile, 361062
424: The World Is Full Of Kindness The World is full of kindness, 321099
425: The Wreck Of The `Derry Castle' Day of ending for beginnings! 321074
426: The Writer's Dream A writer wrote of the hearts of men, and he followed their tracks afar; 841068
427: The “Seabolt’s” Volunteers They towed the Seabolt down the stream, 44715
428: Those Foreign Engineers Old Ivan McIvanovitch, with knitted brow of care, 281087
429: Till All the Bad Things Came Untrue By blacksoil plains burned grey with drought 32802
430: To A Pair Of Blucher Boots Old acquaintance unforgotten, 1890 20671
431: To An Old Mate Old Mate! In the gusty old weather, 361064
432: To Be Amused You ask me to be gay and glad 801077
433: To Hannah Spirit girl to whom 'twas given 241049
434: To Jack So, I’ve battled it through on my own, Jack, 48789
435: To Jim I gaze upon my son once more, 561068
436: To My friends These are songs of the Friends I neglected, 41090
437: To Show What A Man Can Do There has been many a grander deed since man had life to give, 20851
438: To The Irish Delegates Farewell! The gold we send shall be a token 1889 20692
439: To Tom Bracken O had you tracked where Kendall trod 1894 8847
440: To Victor Daly I thought that silence would be best, 120788
441: To “Doc” Wylie (An Eccentric Bush Doctor) Though doctors may your name discard 20646
442: To-Morrow When you’re suffering hard for your sins, old man, 271057
443: Trooper Campbell One day old Trooper Campbell 144997
444: Trouble On The Selection You lazy boy, you’re here at last, 321131
445: Uncle Harry Oh, never let on to your own true love 401147
446: Unknown Oh, the wild black swans fly westward still, 301016
447: Up The Country I am back from up the country, very sorry that I went, 54994
448: Victor And his death came in December, 242284
449: Victory The schools marched in procession in happiness and pride, 251164
450: Waratah And Wattle Though poor and in trouble I wander alone, 231061
451: Watching The Crows A bushman got lost in a scrub in the North, 24760
452: What Have We All Forgotten? What have we all forgotten, at the break of the seventh year? 24819
453: When Hopes Ran High When hopes ran high the world was young, 8815
454: When I Was King The second time I lived on earth 192992
455: When the Bear Comes Back Again Oh, the scene is wide an’ dreary an’ the sun is settin’ red, 35972
456: When The Children Come Home On a lonely selection far out in the West 24646
457: When The Duke Of Clarence Died Let us sing in tear-choked numbers how the Duke of Clarence went, 36661
458: When The Ladies Come To The Shearing Shed The ladies are coming,’ the super says 56663
459: When The `Army' Prays For Watty When the kindly hours of darkness, save for light of moon and star, 24592
460: When Your Pants Begin To Go When you wear a cloudy collar and a shirt that isn't white, 48618
461: When Your Sins Come Home To Roost When you fear the barber’s mirror when you go to get a crop, 20833
462: When You’re Bad In Your Inside I remarked that man is saddest, and his heart is filled with woe, 42665
463: Who’ll Wear The Beaten Colours? Who’ll wear the beaten colours, and cheer the beaten men? 28827
464: Who’s Dot Pulleteen? O my prow vas plack mit curses, 1890 24729
465: Why He Lost The Track or, The Black Tracker There was a tracker in the force 28699
466: Wide Lies Australia Wide lies Australia! The seas that surround her 24747
467: Wide Spaces When my last long-beer has vanished and the truth is left unsaid; 18676
468: Will Yer Write It Down For Me? In the parlour of the shanty where the lives have all gone wrong, 16656
469: William Street Tis William Street, the link street, 56665
470: With Dickens In Windsor Terrace, number four, 264688
471: Write By Return Clerk, corresponding, 1896 56664
472: Written Afterwards So the days of my tramping are over, 56663
473: Written Out Sing the song of the reckless, who care not what they do; 24712
474: Years After The War In Australia The Big rough boys from the runs out back were first where the balls flew free, 702235
475: Young Kings And Old The Young King fights in the trenches and the Old King fights in the rear, 242300




About:
Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period.


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