Saltbush Bill, J.P. and Other Verses

Saltbush Bill J.P. and Other Verses was published in 1917 and contains the national song "Waltzing Matilda", as well as "Saltbush Bill, J.P." and "A Dream of the Melbourne Cup". A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson (1864-1941) was born near Orange in New South Wales and achieved fame as a short story, ballad and legend writer, drawing on his experiences growing up near Yass. He is the major folk poet of Australian literature, publishing many books of verse, short stories and two novels.

Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (1864-1941) was a solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and soldier as being widely recognised as a poet.

1. Song of the pen
2. Song of the wheat
3. Brumby’s run
4. Saltbush Bill on the patriarchs
   
5. The Reverend Mullineux
6. The wisdom of Hafiz
7. Saltbush Bill, J.P.
8. The riders in the stand
9. Waltzing Matilda
10. An answer to various bards
11. T.Y.S.O.N.
12. As long as your eyes are blue
13. Bottle-O!
14. The story of Mongrel Grey
15. Gilhooley’s estate
16. The road to Hogan’s Gap
17. A singer of the bush
18. ‘Shouting’ for a camel
19. The lost drink
20. Mulligan’s mare
21. The matrimonial stakes
22. The mountain squatter
23. Pioneers
24. Santa Claus in the bush
25. In re a gentleman, one
26. The melting of the snow
27. A dream of the Melbourne Cup
28. The Gundaroo bullock
29. Lay of the motor-car
30. The corner man
31. When Dacey rode the mule
32. The Mylora elopement
33. The pannikin poet
34. Not on it
35. The protest
36. The scapegoat
37. An evening in Dandaloo
38. A ballad of ducks
39. Tommy Corrigan
40. The Maori’s wool
41. The angel’s kiss
42. Sunrise on the coast
43. The reveille

Format: paperback
Size: 210 × 148 × 5 mm
80 pages
ISBN: 9781920897642
Publication: 01 Jan 2004
Series: SUP Classics