The Swagman

"The Mountain Horse Its cold at dawn in the Great Divide And the frost lies thick on the mountainside, The bite of the cold air nearly makes you choke And breath from your nostrils like dragon smoke. ..."

"Sun shining brightly on the ocean wide Nowhere a cloud the blue to hide, Sun shining brightly on the ocean top Giving birth to a little raindrop. Breeze gently blowing over the sea Carries the vapour..."

"The Centre Of The Garden In the centre of a garden a seedling grew, A starting over - A life anew. The gardener tended him best of all Making sure he'd grow straight and tall. Clouds would rumble a..."

"You’re Beautiful Your lips are as soft as the velvet dew And as sweet as the morning mist Over wildflowers blooming anew Under the morning sky gently kissed By the dawn’s light slowly creeping On the..."

"On Time Have you ever sat and thought of time I have - But not as much as Einstein He thought and thought and said it's relative I think it's related to how long we live. We've all as children on a ..."

"The Mountain Bush There is nothing so beautiful as the bush in Australia, I’ve seen a few others but to me they’re a failure. So climb aboard my pen and I’ll take you for a ride As we visit the bush..."

"Bronzed Aussies Thousands of Bronzed Aussies upon a wall Never again will any one fall Looking down on this land they call home Waiting patiently for their Kingdom to come. They went away to trudge ..."

"Goanna Toil For those of you who are not sure A goanna is a large monitor Its patterned skin looks like lace And it gets along at a rapid pace In days gone by we used their oil In liniments for aft..."

"Bread and Drippin’ White shirt, black trousers and braces Under trench coat and boots with no laces. Nobody knows from whence you came, Nobody knows if you have a name, Just another face in a millio..."

"Sea Dream Have you ever had the urge to follow a notion? To sail in a boat and sit on the ocean. If you pick a day that's calm and clear And you stop the boat.  What do you hear? Nothing!  Yes there..."

"Insomnia Again sweet sleep you have taken flight And left me here alone this night Now comes the pain to swoop and bight Is there nothing to ease my plight? The pain in my legs the pills doth fright..."