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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Songs From the Canefields
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Notes

  • Partial contents indexed.

  • Includes 'A Pub Without Beer' from which Gordon Parsons wrote the song, 'The Pub With No Beer' recorded by Slim Dusty. The poem was originally published in the North Queensland Register in 1944 and referred to the time in 1943 when the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham ran out of beer. American soldiers stationed locally had drunk the hotel dry at a time of rationing.

    Source: O'Malley, Brendan. 'Slim Dusty, bush balladeer, 1927-2003 - So long, old mate' The Courier Mail, 20 September 2003.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ingham, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,:J.R. Sheahan , 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
An Introduction ...i"Camping to dodge the wet weather -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. iii)
My Autobiography...i"I came and bought a shillaleigh", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 3-6)
The Girl from Glashakeenleeni"The heather was blooming in Cummer -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
'At Florrie Shea's'i"I've wined and dined in flash saloons", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
A Night in Bally Cartyi"Mick Denny was a farming man", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
Sarah Jones' Eggi"From France, the land of broken bones", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
A Messines Episode (Pronounced 'Messine')i"'Twas in the dark days of 1917", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Sleeper-Cutters' Campi"My sole address at present is a battlefield in France -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 19)
Iron Barki"There is good timber in the bush,", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 20)
Rankin's Soaki"From the front of the boozer to where I sat -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Bellinger Fleasi"We hear of the capers of tigers and tapirs", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
The Yap That Once through Tara's Hall...i"When Morgan spoke in Tara's Hall", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 25)
An Order Written from a Waterhole to a Station Book-Keeperi"Storeman, when you send next week", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 26)
When Bally had a Hair Cuti"Once 'Bally' was proud of the hair on his head -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Baking of a Buni"They were bitter times in Eire", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The Last Man of the First A.I.F.i"In nineteen hundred and ninety-nine", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
When Young Lochinvar Became the Council's Common Ranger...i"'Twas young Lochinvar when supper was done", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 33)
Kumundi Creeki"When comes the big day", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 34)
'Holy Joe, the Twister'i"Now Ingham's looking clean and bright -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
The Sergeant's Cowi"Old Billy was one of the hard-headed push -", Dan Sheahan , single work poetry (p. 37-39)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ingham, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,: Josephine R. Sheahan , 1980 .
      Extent: 140p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Note: Poems found since 1972 have been included in this edition. For ease of identification these are numbered in Roman numerals.
      ISBN: 0959465804
    • Ingham, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,: Josephine R. Sheahan , 1986 .
      Extent: lvi,140p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Compiled and published by Josephine R. Sheahan; illustrations by Thomas McLaughlin. Includes an Introduction by Bob Bloodwood and a Preface by John Ashe.
      ISBN: 0959465804
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