Best Swagman Poems

The flies like molasses clinging firmly to his back,
as aimlessly he ambled along the dry dusty track.
Like a wave of the ocean the flies would swarm to his face,
but were expertly dispatched with his gum branch mace.

A battered farm ute lurches forward to a stop,
"Give...

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The  Australian  Swagman 
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The Swag-man
On the north side of the river 
The water tumbles silver slivers
The rocks just peeking out to form a rapid fall
The waters speeding over the top of the new born water fall

The south side of the river
The calm waters waiting there
The flows of silver...

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I wake
 With joy
 As i am to
 Have another
 Swagman’s Breakfast
 What succulent fair
 Awaits me
 As i ready
 For another day
 This meal will see
 Me through
 Till my next
 Feast.
 I ready myself 
 To dig in
 My mouth salivates
 I stand
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