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Where the Dead Men Lie

Barcroft Boake · 1891

Original text in English.

Where lie those killed by work in the bush, and who lives off their toil.

Poetry · 32 parts · about 20 000 words · about 1 h 29 of reading

Contents

Introductory Verses

1. THE LAND OF DUMB DESPAIR1 min

Where the Dead Men Lie and Other Poems

1. FROM THE FAR WEST1 min
2. JACK'S LAST MUSTER4 min
3. A MEMORY1 min
4. JOSEPHUS RILEY2 min
5. A VISION OUT WEST5 min
6. JIM'S WHIP1 min
7. THE DEMON SNOW-SHOES4 min
8. A VALENTINE1 min
9. THE BOX-TREE'S LOVE7 min
10. A WAYSIDE QUEEN2 min
11. FOGARTY'S GIN5 min
12. A SONG FROM A SANDHILL1 min
13. THE BABES IN THE BUSH3 min
14. THE DIGGER'S SONG1 min
15. HOW POLLY PAID FOR HER KEEP5 min
16. AN ALLEGORY1 min
17. KITTY MCCRAE4 min
18. 'TWIXT THE WINGS OF THE YARD3 min
19. A SONG1 min
20. SKEETA5 min
21. ON THE BOUNDARY1 min
22. BABS MALONE4 min
23. AT THE 'J. C.'1 min
24. JACK CORRIGAN5 min
25. DOWN THE RIVER1 min
26. KELLY'S CONVERSION5 min
27. ON THE RANGE5 min
28. AT DEVLIN'S SIDING1 min
29. FEATHERSTONHAUGH3 min
30. DESIREE2 min
31. WHERE THE DEAD MEN LIE2 min

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