Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BILL BROWN, by E. S. SORENSON First Line: I met bill brown on the prospect track Last Line: Astride of a camel cow. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
I MET Bill Brown on the Prospect Track Astride of a camel cow; An' I said, "I heard you had got the sack, An' where are you makin' now?" "Well, mate," said William, "I thought it out, An' I sez to myself, sez I: There's not much hope for the rouseabout, As the rousy can testify. "So I'll drink the honey of Freedom's Cup, An' do as it pleases Brown; I'll roll me swag when the sun gets up, An' I'll camp when the sun goes down. "I'm makin' out where the diggers go, Where the reefs run deep an' wide; I'll wet my whistle at Tally-ho, An' I'll yard me a Western bride. "She'll make me rugs with the skins I get When I'm off o' the veins of gold; She'll strip an' thatch when the days are wet, An' she'll stoke when the nights are cold. "With only a fire in the trackless zone, She'll cook like a chef, bet you; Whatever she needs she will find alone For her salmagundi too. "If the tracks are barren this moke I've got Will do with a mulga-tree, An' the hobble-chains an' the old quart-pot Still jingle a tune to me." He filled his pipe ere he said, "So long!" An' he rode where the sun grows red; Where the bold are lured with a golden song At times to a dead man's bed. Though many ask, 'tis a nut to crack, Where old Bill Brown is now; He was heard of last on the Prospect Track Astride of a camel cow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HORSE IN THE TREE by E. S. SORENSON THE LAMP OF LIFE by AMY LOWELL ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE BY MICHAEL ANGELO by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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