Don Johnson Poet Ballad

Pig a Billa

Pig a billa

Good tucker is ol pig-billa,
Porcupine Echidna hey,
Favourite food of Aboriginals,
Has him own spears anyway,

Track him cross the hot red sand,
Which way does he go, today,
Claws on his back legs are a pointing, 
Where he come from, there we say,

Dead possum hanging oer the water,
Maggots falling soon they may,
Yellow belly sucks em sorta,
Big ol Cod could eat em hey,

Marbuk silent as a Gum-tree,
Waits with fishing plurry spear,
See the flash of yella-belly, see,
Him on the coals to sear!

Swish of killer boomerang,
As the wild ducks leave the water,
Pelted as a hundred swam,
Got a Shag hook nosed just sorta,
Break-em wing as it leaves the water,
Bloody tough meat make you chew,

Yarraman is a horse you see,
Milinbri  beast of cattle, be,
Crocodile he waits for you,
Don’t swim where he will maybe chew,
After the death roll kills you, oughta,
Fresh meat ol tourist brought ya,
To Cape York for interview.
Ole Croc can get you too!
Sidestep this frenzy slaughter….
Whatever ya bloody do.

Ole Johnson the reporter …Don

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Sara Kendrick April 9, 2013 at 6:45 AM Interesting work that you have penned..Australia has some similar species to USA..There are alligators and crocks here also that is salt water crocks..Now we have species from other places that have come here in different ways..Species like spiders, termites, snakes, etc..Great work that you have penned..Thanks for stopping by..If I were to ever come to Australia, I would try to remember to watch out for those deadly wildlife that occupies your land..Sara Kendrick