The Man From Snowy River
by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton) [AKA: Paterson, Banjo, 1864-1941]
The Project Gutenberg : etext (complete)

Contents

1. Prelude
   I have gathered these stories afar,
   
   
2. The Man from Snowy River
   There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
   
   
3. Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve
   You never heard tell of the story?
   
   
4. Clancy of the Overflow
   I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better
   
   
5. Conroy's Gap
   This was the way of it, don't you know --
   
   
6. Our New Horse
   The boys had come back from the races
   
   
7. An Idyll of Dandaloo
   On Western plains, where shade is not,
   
   
8. The Geebung Polo Club
   It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub,
   
   
9. The Travelling Post Office
   The roving breezes come and go, the reed beds sweep and sway,
   
   
10. Saltbush Bill
    Now this is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey,
    
    
11. A Mountain Station
    I bought a run a while ago,
    
    
12. Been There Before
    There came a stranger to Walgett town,
    
    
13. The Man Who Was Away
    The widow sought the lawyer's room with children three in tow,
    
    
14. The Man from Ironbark
    It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,
    
    
15. The Open Steeplechase
    I had ridden over hurdles up the country once or twice,
    
    
16. The Amateur Rider
    HIM going to ride for us! HIM --
    with the pants and the eyeglass and all.
    
    
17. On Kiley's Run
    The roving breezes come and go
    
    
18. Frying Pan's Theology
    Scene: On Monaro.
    
    
19. The Two Devines
    It was shearing-time at the Myall Lake,
    
    
20. In the Droving Days
    `Only a pound,' said the auctioneer,
    
    
21. Lost
    `He ought to be home,' said the old man,
    `without there's something amiss.
    
    
22. Over the Range
    Little bush maiden, wondering-eyed,
    
    
23. Only a Jockey
    Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light,
    
    
24. How M'Ginnis Went Missing
    Let us cease our idle chatter,
    
    
25. A Voice from the Town
    I thought, in the days of the droving,
    
    
26. A Bunch of Roses
    Roses ruddy and roses white,
    
    
27. Black Swans
    As I lie at rest on a patch of clover
    
    
28. The All Right 'Un
    He came from `further out',
    
    
29. The Boss of the `Admiral Lynch'
    Did you ever hear tell of Chili? I was readin' the other day
    
    
30. A Bushman's Song
    I'm travellin' down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand,
    
    
31. How Gilbert Died
    There's never a stone at the sleeper's head,
    
    
32. The Flying Gang
    I served my time, in the days gone by,
    
    
33. Shearing at Castlereagh
    The bell is set a-ringing, and the engine gives a toot,
    
    
34. The Wind's Message
    There came a whisper down the Bland between the dawn and dark,
    
    
35. Johnson's Antidote
    Down along the Snakebite River, where the overlanders camp,
    
    
36. Ambition and Art
    I am the maid of the lustrous eyes
    
    
37. The Daylight is Dying
    The daylight is dying
    
    
38. In Defence of the Bush
    So you're back from up the country, Mister Townsman, where you went,
    
    
39. Last Week
    Oh, the new-chum went to the back block run,
    
    
40. Those Names
    The shearers sat in the firelight, hearty and hale and strong,
    
    
41. A Bush Christening
    On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
    
    
42. How the Favourite Beat Us
    `Aye,' said the boozer, `I tell you it's true, sir,
    
    
43. The Great Calamity
    MacFierce'un came to Whiskeyhurst
    
    
44. Come-by-Chance
    As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary --
    
    
45. Under the Shadow of Kiley's Hill
    This is the place where they all were bred;
    
    
46. Jim Carew
    Born of a thoroughbred English race,
    
    
47. The Swagman's Rest
    We buried old Bob where the bloodwoods wave