Rhymes from the Mines
And Other Lines
1896
Edward Dyson
Contents
Preface
To the Men of the Mines
The Old Whim Horse
Cleaning Up
The Rescue
Bashful Gleeson
The Worked-Out Mine
German Joe
Waiting for Water
When Brother Peetree Prayed
The Old Camp-Oven
When the Bell Blew Up
The Trucker
‘Stop-and-See’
In ‘The Benevolent’
Jonah’s Luck
Night Shift
A Friendly Game of Football
The Tale of Steven
The Fossicker
The Tin-Pot Mill
A Poor Joke
‘Breaking It Gently’
Struck It at Last
The Prospectors
Peter Simson’s Farm
Since Nellie Came to Live Along the Creek
The Freak
In Town
The Deserted Homestead
A New Girl Up at White’s
Whose Wife
Battered Bob
The Splitter
To the Theoretical Selector
Bullocky Bill
The Drovers in Reply
The Shanty
Ah Ling, the Leper
The Emu of Whroo
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