Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BIG WHITE BULLOCK, by T. RANKEN


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THE BIG WHITE BULLOCK, by                    
First Line: Under a guidin' providence
Last Line: To certify his tale!
Subject(s): Cattle; Story-telling


UNDER a guidin' providence
Is Mickety Mulga Jim,
For nothink yet of serious 'arm
'As ever come to him.
A big white bullick charged him once,
But never gored 'is pelt,
Because the animal's two 'orns
Run just inside 'is belt.
The bullick bucked, and tossed, and roared,
But couldn't shake him loose;
Jim tried to slip the buckle free,
But found it was no use.
For days and days, so Mulga says,
He was suspended so,
And then became unconscious
Wid swinging to and fro.
In this suspensive attitude
He hung, he thinks, a week,
Until the bullick went to drink
And soused him in the creek.
The water brought his senses back,
And made him kick and cough;
Till wid his frantic strugglin's
The bullick's 'orns broke orf.

If to convince his hearers
This anecdote should fail,
He shows 'em both, the 'orns and belt,
To certify his tale!





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