y separately published work icon Odes for a Curse-Speaking Choir 1: Ottawar! an Ode in Humbug single work   poetry   satire   "cata-strophe Westward the flag of Empire takes a Run; The dromedary, from whose circling Jaw Dangles a Remnant of his Breakfast straw, Lifts his Hump nearer to the Rising Sun Which gilds the Foreheads of the Chimpanzee Gullett and Bruce and those of You and Me. Also the Mace and the Refreshment Bar At Ottawar, on the Ottawar O Ottawar!"
Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 Odes for a Curse-Speaking Choir 1: Ottawar! an Ode in Humbug
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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 1933 .
      Printed by Brown Prior Anderson
      Extent: [17]pp.
      Reprinted: 1936
      Note/s:
      • Beneath the imprint is the comment: 'In order to annoy people the price of this work has been fixed at one shilling and sixpence.'
      • M&M note that the 1936 reprint included annotations.
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