Short Droving Poems

Yes Andrea

Been there behind the herd,
 in the choking bloody dust,
 and the cow pats are falling,
with just a trace of rust,
go to sleep and then i'm falling,
drag by the foot i must,
but wriggle out-of riding boot,
lastic sides just wont be cussed,
orright...     

Don Johnson ...

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	Russell Sivey
Contest Name	Good Luck Meal 

Aussie Drover’s  tucker

Build your fire upwind of the billy,
If you want it to more than shepherd boil,
Thick slabs of Corn meat n damper,   (camp oven bread)
 with a drop of tomato sauce,
Or corn meat fritters fried on the coals,
In kidney fat of course,
A billy full of Bushels tea,
Just sitting on a log,
And banana  fried  well, fritters,
Washed down with some tea or grog,
Sometimes .
On New year’s days a droving . 

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