AROUND THE BOREE LOG
Oh, stick me in the old caboose this night of wind 1
and rain,....
CALLING TO ME
Through the hush of my heart in the spell of its 4
dreaming....
THE LITTLE IRISH MOTHER
Have you seen the tidy cottage in the straggling, 6
dusty street,....
ONE BY ONE
With trust in God and her good man.... 10
TEN LITTLE STEPS AND STAIRS
There were ten little Steps and Stairs,.... 12
THE TRIMMIN’S ON THE ROSARY
Ah, the memories that find me now my hair is 14
turning gray,....
THE BIRDS WILL SING AGAIN
She saw The Helper standing near.... 21
THE OLD BUSH SCHOOL
’Tis a queer, old battered landmark that belongs 23
to other years;....
SIX BROWN BOXER HATS
The hawker with his tilted cart pulled up beside 29
the fence,....
THE LIBEL
“The flowers have no scent, and the birds have no 31
song,”....
WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN
When the circus came to town.... 33
HIS FATHER
We meet him first in frills immersed,.... 36
THE KOOKABURRAS
Fall the shadows on the gullies, fades the purple 41
from the mountain;....
PETER NELSON’S FIDDLE
Do you ever dream you hear it, you who went the 43
lonely track?....
THE CHURCH UPON THE HILL
A simple thing of knotted pine.... 46
CURRAJONG
Old Father Pat! They’ll tell you still with 49
mingled love and pride....
THE HELPING HAND
When that hour comes when I shall sit alone,.... 54
_VALE_, FATHER PAT
Yes, that’s the hardest hand at all upon my 57
frosted head—....
JOSEPHINE
The presbytery has gone to pot since this 64
house-keeper came;....
THE OLD MASS SHANDRYDAN
I can see it in my dreaming o’er a gap of thirty 70
years,....
PITCHIN’ AT THE CHURCH
On the Sunday morning mustered,.... 78
SAID HANRAHAN
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan,.... 80
THE TIDY LITTLE BODY
Faith, and little Miss McCroddie was the tidy 84
little body,....
THE PILLAR OF THE CHURCH
Faith, ’tis good to see him comin’ when the bell 86
for Mass is flingin’....
TEDDO WELLS, DECEASED
Times I think I’m not the man—.... 92
NORAH O’NEILL
That Norah O’Neill is a sthreel,.... 96
THE PRESBYT’RY DOG
Now of all the old sinners in mischief 98
immersed,....
TANGMALANGALOO
The bishop sat in lordly state and purple cap 100
sublime,....
THE ALTAR-BOY
Now McEvoy was altar-boy.... 103
AT CASEY’S AFTER MASS
There’s a weather-beaten sign-post where the track 105
turns towards the west,....
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
’Tis the greatest splash of sunshine right through 112
all my retrospection....
THE CAREYS
Their new house stood just off the road,.... 119
WHEN OLD MAN CAREY DIED
A night of wind and driving rain,.... 125
THE PARTING ROSARY
They have brought the news, my darlin’, that I’ve 128
waited for so long....
OWNERLESS
He comes when the gullies are wrapped in the 134
gloaming....
LAUGHING MARY
With cheeks that paled the rosy morn.... 137
MORYAH
“Wisha, where is he goin’ to now.... 139
A STRANGER IN THE CHURCH
’Twas Callagan who jerked the thumb—.... 141
TELL ME, WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO?
Tell me, what’s a girl to do.... 143
THE WIREE’S SONG
The Wiree sang that Christmas Day,.... 145
WISHA, WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH JIM?
“Wisha, what is the matter with Jim, I dunno?.... 147
SAID THE WHITE-HAIRED PRIEST
Said the white-haired priest, “So the boy has 149
come,....
HONEYMOONING FROM THE COUNTRY
To the rooms where I am dining in the glaring 152
city’s day....
MAKING HOME
No, you don’t quite get the meaning when the fun 156
is at its height....
COULD I HEAR THE KOOKABURRAS ONCE AGAIN
May a fading fancy hover round a gladness that is 162
over?....
COME, SING AUSTRALIAN SONGS TO ME!
Come, Little One, and sing to me.... 165