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Bound For The Lord-Knows-Where

Henry Lawson
'Where are you going with your horse and bike,
And the townsfolk still at rest?
Where are you going, with your swag and pack,
And the night still in the West?...
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Available Languages: English

Do You Think That I Do Not Know?

Henry Lawson
They say that I never have written of love,
As a writer of songs should do;
They say that I never could touch the strings
With a touch that is firm and true;
They say I know nothing of women and men...
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Keeping His First Wife Now

Henry Lawson
It's oh! for a rivet in marriage bonds,
And a splice in the knot untied,
The sanctity of the marriage tie
Is growing more sanctified!
They're getting mixed up in society,
There's an awful family row,...
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Knocked Up

Henry Lawson
I'm lyin' on the barren ground that's baked and cracked with drought,
And dunno if my legs or back or heart is most wore out;
I've got no spirits left to rise and smooth me achin' brow,...
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Knockin' Around

Henry Lawson
Weary old wife, with the bucket and cow,
'How's your son Jack? and where is he now?'
Haggard old eyes that turn to the west,
'Boys will be boys, and he's gone with the rest!'...
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Said The Kaiser To The Spy

Henry Lawson
'Now tell me what can England do?'
Said the Kaiser to the Spy.
'She can do nought, your Majesty,
You rule the sea and sky.
Her day of destiny is done;
Her path of peace is plain;...
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The King

Henry Lawson
Among the sons of Englishmen
Full many feel like real tears,
For, though he reigned but scarcely ten,
He bore the burden many years.
He lived the dead past doubly down,...
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The King And Queen And I

Henry Lawson
Oh, Scotty, have you visited the Picture Gallery,
And did you see the portraits of the King and Queen and me?
The portraits made by Longstaff, and the pictures done by Jack,...
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Available Languages: English

The King Of Our Republic

Henry Lawson
He is coming! He is coming! without heralds, without cheers.
He is coming! He is coming! and he's been with us for years:
And, if you should pause to wonder who's the man of whom I sing,...
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The Three Kings

Henry Lawson
Trio East is dead and the West is done, and again our course lies thus
South-east by Fate and the Rising Sun where the Three Kings* wait for us....
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The Watch On The Kerb

Henry Lawson
Night-Lights are falling;
Girl of the street,
Go to your calling
If you would eat.
Lamplight and starlight
And moonlight superb,
Bright hope is a farlight,
So watch on the kerb....
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Available Languages: English

The World Is Full Of Kindness

Henry Lawson
The World is full of kindness,
And not the poor alone;
We Christians in our blindness
Bow down to hearts of stone;
The clever, bitter cynic,
Whose poisoned 'soul' is dead,...
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When I Was King

Henry Lawson
The second time I lived on earth
Was several hundred years ago;
And, royal by my second birth,
I know as much as most men know.
I was a king who held the reins
As never modern monarch can;...
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Available Languages: English

Young Kings And Old

Henry Lawson
The Young King fights in the trenches and the Old King fights in the rear,
Because he is old and feeble, and not for a thought of fear.
The Young King fights for the Future, and the Old King fights for the Past,...
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Available Languages: English
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