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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Songs of the Droving Season
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Ted Egan, a good friend and a great Australian.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:ABC Books , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Song of the Droving Seasoni"On the runs of wide horizons, where mirages haunt the sky,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Galloping Bullocks and Dry Stagesi"Reckless rides through the Murranji", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Packhorse Droveri"OH the droving life is a life that's free", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Further Ini"On the road with Eva cattle we've at times had quite a battle,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Down the riveri"The season was late when we left with the stores,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
To the Barmaidsi"Six months we've been with Fuller's plant and we have just returned,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Gold Stari"The sun went down and the storm clouds rose,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 17-21)
Footloose and Freei"Old memories gather like moss on the years,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Drover's Yarn (or Brady's Ghost)i"A drover it was that told this tale,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry humour (p. 23-25)
Song of the Wave Hill Tracki"Our bullocks are fresh and the season is good,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Lament of a Cow and Calf Droveri"Mixed cattle - thirteen hundred head - they spread across the plain;", Mick Elliot , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Sam Fuller's Thoroughbracei"Sam Fuller's was a well known face on stockroutes yesteryear,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 28-30)
Goodbye Old Chapi"You may rub your head on my coat, old chap,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Past Inverwayi"Oh! the West seemed full of promise", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 31-33)
Looking Glass Joei"Now the road mobs from Nutwood would gallop all night,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
The Daylight Watchi"The daylight watch is a graveyard shift,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 35)
At the Trucksi"The cook's fire glowed in the drovers' camp as the Southern Cross swung down,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 36-38)
Travelling Stock: 1969i"Southward the road trains thunder,", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 39)
And Yet Sometimes...i"Now the droving is done and no more the scrub", Bruce Simpson , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Where Leichhardt Liesi"Is this the land where Leichhardt lies,", Lancewood , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
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