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