Australia Rising
...There is hope in every nation; for the word is going round
That Australians are sweeping fear away'
They are ardent freedom lovers, who are forged as hammered steel, and thery're gathering suppor...
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Categories:
tamworth, confidence, conflict, courage, freedom,
Form: Ballade
The Rise of the Finucanes
...A big welcome to you all who’ve travelled from afar
By plane by boat and motor car
For a reunion here in Hodson bay
It will be I’m sure a memorable day.
From across the sea some have come to...
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Categories:
tamworth, cousin, family, grandparents, people,
Form: Rhyme
Tamworth
...Tamworth
The wind carries a magic sound
Bringing it over the mountains
Through the lowlands
It keeps beat with the beat of my heart
My soul takes me down the road
Traveling so far
The closer...
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Categories:
tamworth, music,
Form: Free verse
Black Poison
...Destroyer ~ Poet
Contest Name 5TH POEM ON THE SOUP..
POISON! 1st first.
I was coming up from Tamworth, riding on a tired horse.
Past Barraba we wandered north, on a slow and...
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Categories:
tamworth, adventure, cowboy-western, horse, river,
Form: Ballad
The Reluctant Bootscooter [cont'D]
...But somehow they have done it and you can't help but admire,
the pluck of these boot scootin' folk ... they never seem to tire.
This year the faithful came again though couldn't help but doubt,
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Categories:
tamworth, funny, people, me, music,
Form: Rhyme
The Reluctant Bootscooter
...I s’pose you've heard of Tamworth and the shindig there each year,
where country music reigns supreme and all its stars appear.
They’re in the pubs and all the clubs and arcades 'round the town ...
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Categories:
tamworth, funny, people, music, music,
Form: Rhyme
The Maintop Balladeer
...There’s a man I’d like you all to meet whose Aussie through and through,
From his felt hat to his R.M. boots, he ridgy didge, true blue.
He was born in Roma, Queensland, back in nineteen thirty-thr...
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Categories:
tamworth, cowboy-western, people, song-me, heart,
Form: Ballad
Don'T Lend Him
...When I stop to refill my tank,
I found, I lost my wallet,
I checked my pockets
There was only £1.40p.
After four hours journey,
I also was feeling hunger,
I reached on my destination.
I was te...
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Categories:
tamworth, caregiving, confusion, devotion, education,
Form: Name