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In This Issue, No. 755 | In This Issue, No. 755 | ||
- | + | |2|Editorial| | |
- | + | |3|70 Years| | |
- | 2 Editorial | + | |3|Put Your Best Foot Foremost |
- | + | |3|70th Anniversary Celebrations| | |
- | 3 70 Years | + | |5|Newspaper Cuttings and Extracts| |
- | + | |7|The Wombat | |
- | 3 Put Your Best Foot Foremost | + | |7|Untitled Song| |
- | + | |8|A Colo-Uraterer Venture | |
- | 3 70th Anniversary Celebrations | + | |11|First Perambulator to Kanangra |
- | + | |17|Over Gangerang in a Hurry| | |
- | 5 Newspaper Cuttings and Extracts | + | |19|Molly-Moo-Ma| |
- | + | |21|Five Returns Dulbolla, Please| | |
- | 7 The Wombat | + | |22|Both Ends of the Budawangs| |
- | + | |22|Geoff Wagg: comments| | |
- | 7 Untitled Song | + | |22|Finding the Castle |
- | + | |24|Untitled | | |
- | 8 A Colo-Uraterer Venture | + | |25|Paralyser 1956| |
- | + | |28|Phobias| | |
- | 11 First Perambulator to Kanagra | + | |29|Reunion 1957| |
- | + | |31|Frank Rigby: comments| | |
- | 17 Over Gangerang in a Hurry | + | |31|The Walker' |
- | + | |32|Bushwalking and Train Travelling | |
- | 19 Molly-Moo-Ma | + | |33|Hymn of Hate | |
- | + | |33|Wildlife in the Apsley Gorge | | |
- | 21 Five Returns Dulbolla, Please | + | |35|Hot Stuff| |
- | + | |36|Helen Gray; comments| | |
- | 22 Both Ends of the Budawangs | + | |36|Yet another Bungle |
- | + | |38|We'll be Marooned | |
- | 22 Geoff Wagg: comments | + | |39|Destination Mawson' |
- | + | |40|Era | | |
- | 22 Finding the Castle | + | |41|Reminiscences of Things| |
- | + | |45|The Snow Bowl| | |
- | 24 untitled | + | |46|The Rains Came | |
- | + | |46|Hilltop to Katoomba via Bimlow Tableland | |
- | 25 Paralyser 1956 | + | |47|The Virgin Queen | |
- | + | |48|Judy O' | |
- | 28 Phobias | + | |48|Anyone Can be a good Cook | |
- | + | |49|A Tribute to the Silent Dignity of a Friend | |
- | 29 Reunion 1957 | + | |50|A Short Note on K to K in a Day | |
- | + | |51|Acknowledgements| | |
- | 31 Frank Rigby: comments | + | |51|The Editor |
- | + | |52|Index of Articles and Poems| | |
- | 31 The Walker' | + | |
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- | 32 Bushwalking and Train Travelling | + | |
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- | 33 Hymn of Hate | + | |
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- | 33 Wildlife in the Apsley Gorge | + | |
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- | 35 Hot Stuff | + | |
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- | 36 Helen Gray; comments | + | |
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- | 36 Yet another Bungle | + | |
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- | 38 We' | + | |
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- | 39 Destination Mawson' | + | |
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- | 40 Era | + | |
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- | 41 Reminiscences of Things | + | |
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- | 45 The Snow Bowl | + | |
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- | 46 The Rains Came | + | |
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- | 46 Hilltop to Katoomba via Bimlow Tableland | + | |
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- | 47 The Virgin Queen | + | |
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- | 48 Judy O' | + | |
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- | 48 Anyone Can be a good Cook | + | |
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- | 49 A Tribute to the Silent Dignity of a Friend | + | |
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- | 50 A Short Note on K to K in a Day | + | |
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- | 51 Acknowledgements | + | |
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- | 51 The Editor | + | |
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- | 52 Index of Articles and Poems | + | |
Advertisers | Advertisers | ||
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney Bush Walkers all, with pride and pleasure, the 70th Anniversary Special Edition, anthology of bushwalking stories and verse. | Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney Bush Walkers all, with pride and pleasure, the 70th Anniversary Special Edition, anthology of bushwalking stories and verse. | ||
- | 70 Years | + | ====== |
- | We all delight in the memories and stories of oue experiences in SBW. Sometimes the walk is never over, it just keeps getting retold over and over. We often concentrate on the trips that went wrong, the hardships, the mishaps, the risks. | + | We all delight in the memories and stories of our experiences in SBW. Sometimes the walk is never over, it just keeps getting retold over and over. We often concentrate on the trips that went wrong, the hardships, the mishaps, the risks. |
Let us reune…. Tony Holgate, President. | Let us reune…. Tony Holgate, President. | ||
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8928-1-S Bundanoon\\ | 8928-1-S Bundanoon\\ | ||
- | 9028-4-S Kangaroo Valley | + | 9028-4-S Kangaroo Valley\\ |
8928-2-S Burrier\\ | 8928-2-S Burrier\\ | ||
9028-3-N Berry | 9028-3-N Berry | ||
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Please don't sue our Editor,\\ | Please don't sue our Editor,\\ | ||
Although he was to blame.\\ | Although he was to blame.\\ | ||
- | He should not have said it\\ | + | He should not have said it, or\\ |
At least not used your name. | At least not used your name. | ||
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The bridle track continued on down the river and saved us much time. The sandstone bluffs that hemmed in the valley presented a very striking appearance and in my opinion the gorge scenery puts the Nattai and Burragorang Valleys in the shade. | The bridle track continued on down the river and saved us much time. The sandstone bluffs that hemmed in the valley presented a very striking appearance and in my opinion the gorge scenery puts the Nattai and Burragorang Valleys in the shade. | ||
- | Next morning, | + | Next morning, after 1½ miles of similar work, we reached the point where the inflow of the Wolgan joins the Capertee and so forms the Colo. We could look up the Wolgan a short way and it appeared hellish rough. |
Next morning we pushed onward again and much to our dismay the sandbanks disappeared. | Next morning we pushed onward again and much to our dismay the sandbanks disappeared. | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker Dec. 1931: Maxwell Gentle, Gordon Smith | The Sydney Bushwalker Dec. 1931: Maxwell Gentle, Gordon Smith | ||
- | First Perambulator to Kanangra Tops: 1931 by Miles Dunphy | + | ====== |
+ | |||
+ | by Miles Dunphy | ||
When a man acquires a small family and still is afflicted with bush mania he has to pause frequently during his family-sustaining activities and cogitate furiously about what to do with the wife and nipper. | When a man acquires a small family and still is afflicted with bush mania he has to pause frequently during his family-sustaining activities and cogitate furiously about what to do with the wife and nipper. | ||
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- | + | ====== | |
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- | 0ver the Gangerang in a Hurry. | + | |
The Famous Gangerang Trip: A party Of Sydney Bush Walkers spent the ANZAC week-end going from Wentworth Falls to Katoomba via Kowmung River, Gangerang Tops- Konangaroo Clearing and Carlon' | The Famous Gangerang Trip: A party Of Sydney Bush Walkers spent the ANZAC week-end going from Wentworth Falls to Katoomba via Kowmung River, Gangerang Tops- Konangaroo Clearing and Carlon' | ||
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Part-1. | Part-1. | ||
- | Max Gen T le | + | Max Gen T le\\ |
+ | Gordon Sm | ||
+ | Hilma G alliott\\ | ||
+ | Alex Coll E y\\ | ||
+ | Jack Debe R t\\ | ||
+ | Bill McCo S ker\\ | ||
+ | David Ste A d\\ | ||
+ | Dot Eng L ish\\ | ||
+ | Len Scot L and | ||
- | Gordon Sm | + | It might have been advertised as a lightning conducted tour of the Gangerang and its environs. |
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- | Hilma G alliott | + | |
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- | Alex Coll E y | + | |
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- | Jack Debe R t | + | |
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- | Bill McCo S ker | + | |
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- | David Ste A d | + | |
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- | Dot Eng L ish | + | |
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- | Len Scot L and | + | |
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- | It might have been advertised as a lightning conducted tour of' | + | |
Part-2 | Part-2 | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1937: Alex Colley, Jack Debert, Dot English, Hilma Galliott, Max Gentle, Bill McCosker, Len Scotland, Gordon Smith, David Stead | The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1937: Alex Colley, Jack Debert, Dot English, Hilma Galliott, Max Gentle, Bill McCosker, Len Scotland, Gordon Smith, David Stead | ||
- | ***************************************MOLLY-MOO-MA by Clare Kinsella. | ||
- | It was on a Sabbath morning In the soft autumnal weather | + | ====== Molly-Moo-Ma ====== |
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- | In the deep and narrow valley | + | by Clare Kinsella |
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- | Where the river Grose runs swiftly | + | |
+ | It was on a Sabbath morning In the soft autumnal weather\\ | ||
+ | In the deep and narrow valley\\ | ||
+ | Where the river Grose runs swiftly \\ | ||
Flowing onward ever onward. | Flowing onward ever onward. | ||
- | ('Tis a habit this of river) | + | ('Tis a habit this of river)\\ |
- | + | Leaping, swirling, sweeping, sparkling, | |
- | Leaping, swirling, sweeping, sparkling, | + | Laughing over rocks and pebbles,\\ |
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- | Laughing over rocks and pebbles, | + | |
Spilling into sunny shallows | Spilling into sunny shallows | ||
- | Where the forest giants the tall gums | + | Where the forest giants the tall gums \\ |
- | + | Strong and stately there the tall gums \\ | |
- | Strong and stately there the tall gums | + | Look down to the quiet waters\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Look down to the quiet waters | + | |
Look down at their leafy branches | Look down at their leafy branches | ||
- | At their beauty there reflected, | + | At their beauty there reflected,\\ |
- | + | On this lovely Sabbath morning\\ | |
- | On this lovely Sabbath morning | + | Down the valley by the river\\ |
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- | Down the valley by the river | + | |
Came a party of bush walkers | Came a party of bush walkers | ||
- | Members of the S.B.W. | + | Members of the S.B.W.\\ |
- | + | Headed by the stalwart Herbert\\ | |
- | Headed by the stalwart Herbert | + | Whipped in by the stalwart Derbert\\ |
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- | Whipped in by the stalwart Derbert | + | |
Both were mighty men of action | Both were mighty men of action | ||
- | Friends were they and sworn blood brothers | + | Friends were they and sworn blood brothers\\ |
- | + | (Sworn to talk the others thought them)\\ | |
- | (Sworn to talk the others thought them) | + | For they talked all through the morning\\ |
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- | For they talked all through the morning | + | |
For they chattered in the evening | For they chattered in the evening | ||
- | And at night when soft the full moon | + | And at night when soft the full moon\\ |
- | + | Rode above the limped waters\\ | |
- | Rode above the limped waters | + | Still their voices and their laughter\\ |
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- | Still their voices and their laughter | + | |
Broke into the silver silence. | Broke into the silver silence. | ||
- | Swift the leader bounded onward | + | Swift the leader bounded onward |
- | + | swift the leader stalwart Herbert\\ | |
- | swift the leader stalwart Herbert | + | Sometimes on the track but mostly |
- | + | ||
- | Sometimes on the track but mostly | + | |
Off it in some rocky chasm. | Off it in some rocky chasm. | ||
- | And behind him, leaping, stumbling | + | And behind him, leaping, stumbling |
- | + | Stubbing toes and wet with perspiration | |
- | Stubbing toes and wet with perspiration | + | (What we do for rhythm!) |
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- | (What we do for rhythm!) | + | |
Came the puffing, panting, party, | Came the puffing, panting, party, | ||
- | Came the others on probation | + | Came the others on probation |
- | + | For this was indeed a test walk \\ | |
- | For this was indeed a test walk | + | Yes, indeed it was a test walk.\\ |
- | + | Test of brawn and test of muscle, | |
- | Yes, indeed it was a test walk. | + | |
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- | Test of brawn and test of muscle, | + | |
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- | These poor creatures on probation | + | |
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- | Carry on the great traditions | + | |
+ | Would these uninitiated \\ | ||
+ | These poor creatures on probation\\ | ||
+ | Carry on the great traditions\\ | ||
Of the club the SBW? | Of the club the SBW? | ||
- | Would their burn and bury rubbish? | + | Would their burn and bury rubbish?\\ |
- | + | Would they light a decent fire?\\ | |
- | Would they light a decent fire? | + | Would they carry all their own food? \\ |
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- | Would they carry all their own food? | + | |
Would they scrounge upon their fellows ? | Would they scrounge upon their fellows ? | ||
- | But the thought that made them tremble | + | But the thought that made them tremble\\ |
- | + | Made them shiver in their shoesee\\ | |
- | Made them shiver in their shoesee | + | Would they be found compatible?\\ |
- | + | Would that many headed ogre\\ | |
- | Would they be found compatible? | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Would that many headed ogre | + | |
That dreaded ogre the Committee | That dreaded ogre the Committee | ||
- | Weigh them up and find them wanting | + | Weigh them up and find them wanting\\ |
- | + | Cast them into outer darkness?\\ | |
- | Cast them into outer darkness? | + | As the sun approached its zenith\\ |
- | + | ||
- | As the sun approached its zenith | + | |
Riding high across the heavens. | Riding high across the heavens. | ||
- | Then the minds of all the party | + | Then the minds of all the party\\ |
- | + | Turned to thoughts of food and more food \\ | |
- | Turned to thoughts of food and more food | + | Then the leader noble Herbert\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Then the leader noble Herbert | + | |
Signalled to his brother Derbert | Signalled to his brother Derbert | ||
- | Here we eat - went forth the edict. | + | Here we eat - went forth the edict.\\ |
- | + | Soon beside the rushing river\\ | |
- | Soon beside the rushing river | + | Underneath the casuarinas\\ |
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- | Underneath the casuarinas | + | |
Rose the smoke of many camp fire | Rose the smoke of many camp fire | ||
- | Curling blue the smoke of camp fires. | + | Curling blue the smoke of camp fires.\\ |
- | + | One there was among the party\\ | |
- | One there was among the party | + | She a maiden dark and lovely\\ |
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- | She a maiden dark and lovely | + | |
For the purpose of this poem (?) | For the purpose of this poem (?) | ||
- | We shall call her Molly-moo-ma | + | We shall call her Molly-moo-ma\\ |
- | + | Molly-moo-ma, | |
- | Molly-moo-ma, | + | Now this maiden, dark and lovely, |
- | + | Dark and lovely Molly-moo-ma\\ | |
- | Now this maiden, dark and lovely, | + | Gazed with longing at the water\\ |
- | + | Longed to feel its cleansing freshness | |
- | Dark and lovely Molly-moo-ma | + | Wash away the stain of travel\\ |
- | + | Wash away the dirt and perspir-\\ | |
- | Gazed with longing at the water | + | |
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- | Longed to feel its cleansing freshness | + | |
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- | Wash away the stain of travel | + | |
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- | Wash away the dirt and perspir- | + | |
ation of her toilsome journey. | ation of her toilsome journey. | ||
- | But alas she had no costume, | + | But alas she had no costume,\\ |
- | + | Low her head she hung in sorrow\\ | |
- | Low her head she hung in sorrow | + | Low above the rushing river.\\ |
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- | Low above the rushing river. | + | |
Not for long did sadness claim her | Not for long did sadness claim her | ||
- | Was she not a true bushwalker | + | Was she not a true bushwalker\\ |
- | + | Did she not always strive to cherish | |
- | Did she not always strive to cherish | + | In her heart their highest ideals? |
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- | In her heart their highest ideals? | + | |
Should she let a trifling matter | Should she let a trifling matter | ||
- | Trifling matter lack of costume, | + | Trifling matter lack of costume,\\ |
- | + | Keep her from the sparkling streamlet, | |
- | Keep her from the sparkling streamlet, | + | Keep her from the cleansing waters, |
- | + | ||
- | Keep her from the cleansing waters, | + | |
Keep her from her heart' | Keep her from her heart' | ||
- | Taking but her cake of Lifebuoy, | + | Taking but her cake of Lifebuoy,\\ |
- | + | Rosy pink her cake of Lifebuoy | |
- | Rosy pink her cake of Lifebuoy | + | Silently she left the party\\ |
- | + | Walked beneath the casuarinas\\ | |
- | Silently she left the party | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Walked beneath the casuarinas | + | |
Till she found sweet isolation. | Till she found sweet isolation. | ||
- | Here with speed she shed her clothing | + | Here with speed she shed her clothing |
- | + | And approached the rippling streamlet; | |
- | And approached the rippling streamlet; | + | Soon like lovely Aphrodite\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Soon like lovely Aphrodite | + | |
Rose she from the foaming waters | Rose she from the foaming waters | ||
- | But this foam was made from Lifebuoy | + | But this foam was made from Lifebuoy |
- | + | (Lever Brothers please take notice\\ | |
- | (Lever Brothers please take notice | + | You must not use this as copy\\ |
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- | You must not use this as copy | + | |
For your B.O. advertising | For your B.O. advertising | ||
- | Molly-moo-ma, | + | Molly-moo-ma, |
- | + | Molly-moo-ma, | |
- | Molly-moo-ma, | + | So she sported in the river\\ |
- | + | ||
- | So she sported in the river | + | |
Feeling but its cleansing freshness | Feeling but its cleansing freshness | ||
- | Heeding not the speeding current | + | Heeding not the speeding current |
- | + | Heeding not its strength and power \\ | |
- | Heeding not its strength and power | + | Till in its fierce grip it held her \\ |
- | + | ||
- | Till in its fierce grip it held her | + | |
Took her onward, downward, downward, | Took her onward, downward, downward, | ||
- | Over rocks and over pebbles | + | Over rocks and over pebbles\\ |
- | + | Slipping, sliding, bumping, bounding | |
- | Slipping, sliding, bumping, bounding | + | Rushing over rocks and rapids.\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Rushing over rocks and rapids. | + | |
Vainly did she try to rise up | Vainly did she try to rise up | ||
- | Try to cling to rock or pebble | + | Try to cling to rock or pebble\\ |
- | + | But the current ran too swiftly\\ | |
- | But the current ran too swiftly | + | All too swiftly ran the current |
- | + | ||
- | All too swiftly ran the current | + | |
Onward, onward, ever onward | Onward, onward, ever onward | ||
- | Merciless and strong it held her | + | Merciless and strong it held her\\ |
- | + | Till at length it brought her to the Spot \\ | |
- | Till at length it brought her to the Spot | + | where all the rest were gathered |
- | + | Round the leader stalwart Herbert\\ | |
- | where all the rest were gathered | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Round the leader stalwart Herbert | + | |
And his brother stalwart Derbert. | And his brother stalwart Derbert. | ||
- | Steadily their jaws were working | + | Steadily their jaws were working |
- | + | Munching, crunching, chewing, biting,\\ | |
- | Munching, crunching, chewing, biting, | + | Stolidly they stared before them\\ |
- | + | Heeded not the lovely damsel\\ | |
- | Stolidly they stared before them | + | Lovely damsel, Molly-moo-ma, |
- | + | As the river swept her onward\\ | |
- | Heeded not the lovely damsel | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Lovely damsel, Molly-moo-ma, | + | |
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- | As the river swept her onward | + | |
Racing onward to destruction! | Racing onward to destruction! | ||
The Sydney Bushwalker: October 1937 | The Sydney Bushwalker: October 1937 | ||
- | "Five Returns Dulbolla, Please." | + | |
+ | ====== | ||
by Ray Kirby | by Ray Kirby | ||
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However, actions speak louder than words, let us go to a concrete example. | However, actions speak louder than words, let us go to a concrete example. | ||
- | The N.S.W. Railway Guide does not mention the place so resort had to be made to " | + | The N.S.W. Railway Guide does not mention the place so resort had to be made to " |
Of course, I am not blaming Alex for what happened | Of course, I am not blaming Alex for what happened | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker: Sept. 1948: Alex Colley, Ted Constable, Edna Garrard, Ray Kirkby and Jean Kirkby. This article was republished in the December 1982 issue of the Sydney Bushwalker to mark the passing of Ray Kirkby. | The Sydney Bushwalker: Sept. 1948: Alex Colley, Ted Constable, Edna Garrard, Ray Kirkby and Jean Kirkby. This article was republished in the December 1982 issue of the Sydney Bushwalker to mark the passing of Ray Kirkby. | ||
- | Both Ends of the Budawangs | + | ====== |
+ | |||
by Roger Browne | by Roger Browne | ||
- | Walkers march across the land, | + | Walkers march across the land,\\ |
- | + | Kilpatrick Creek is close at hand,\\ | |
- | Kilpatrick Creek is close at hand, | + | Leeches prowl for blood to suck,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Leeches prowl for blood to suck, | + | |
Wriggling, writhing, squirming, yuk! | Wriggling, writhing, squirming, yuk! | ||
The Sydney Bushwalker May 1984 | The Sydney Bushwalker May 1984 | ||
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Geoff Wagg The articles I have chosen came from the latter half of my decade which is that most familiar to me. The names mentioned were all in the ' | Geoff Wagg The articles I have chosen came from the latter half of my decade which is that most familiar to me. The names mentioned were all in the ' | ||
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Paralyser 1956 tells Jim Brown' | Paralyser 1956 tells Jim Brown' | ||
- | Finding The Castle by Kevin Ardill. | + | |
+ | ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Kevin Ardill. | ||
I've finally lost my pyjama pants and though this news may not be startling you're going to hear the story even if it hurts you more than it hurts me. A gent by the name of Frank Leyden is the cause of the sad loss, Would I be interested in a car-cum-walking trip for the ANZAC week-end? I had been promising myself a trip with Frank for some time, so, after a short discussion with my car, I pronounced my willingness. | I've finally lost my pyjama pants and though this news may not be startling you're going to hear the story even if it hurts you more than it hurts me. A gent by the name of Frank Leyden is the cause of the sad loss, Would I be interested in a car-cum-walking trip for the ANZAC week-end? I had been promising myself a trip with Frank for some time, so, after a short discussion with my car, I pronounced my willingness. | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker: April 1955: 1955: Kevin Ardill, Bill Cosgrove, Len Fall, Jack Gentle, Frank Leyden, | The Sydney Bushwalker: April 1955: 1955: Kevin Ardill, Bill Cosgrove, Len Fall, Jack Gentle, Frank Leyden, | ||
- | Untitled by anon. | ||
- | Guzzle, guzzle toil and trouble, | + | ====== Untitled ====== |
- | + | ||
- | Fire burn and billy bubble. | + | by anon |
- | + | ||
- | In with water, sugar, butter, | + | |
+ | Guzzle, guzzle toil and trouble,\\ | ||
+ | Fire burn and billy bubble.\\ | ||
+ | In with water, sugar, butter,\\ | ||
this brew will make you cough and splutter. | this brew will make you cough and splutter. | ||
- | Squeeze of lemon, then we've got | + | Squeeze of lemon, then we've got\\ |
- | + | the basic toddy, piping hot.\\ | |
- | the basic toddy, piping hot. | + | But what is this as I lick my thumb\\ |
- | + | ||
- | But what is this as I lick my thumb | + | |
some scoundrel' | some scoundrel' | ||
Sydney Bushwalker July 1952 | Sydney Bushwalker July 1952 | ||
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====== Paralyser 1956 ====== | ====== Paralyser 1956 ====== | ||
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1956: Brian Anderson (the Admiral), Dawn Askend, Dot Barr, Geoff Broadhead, David (Snow) Brown, Jim Brown, Dot Butler, Bob Duncan, Ernie French, George Gray, Garth Coulter, Heather Joyce, Stan Madden, Jack Perry and Vivienne ?, | 1956: Brian Anderson (the Admiral), Dawn Askend, Dot Barr, Geoff Broadhead, David (Snow) Brown, Jim Brown, Dot Butler, Bob Duncan, Ernie French, George Gray, Garth Coulter, Heather Joyce, Stan Madden, Jack Perry and Vivienne ?, | ||
- | Jim Brown camped eight miles from Blackheath, | + | Jim Brown camped eight miles from Blackheath,\\ |
- | + | Went to sleep on his set of false teeth.\\ | |
- | Went to sleep on his set of false teeth. | + | He awoke with a start,\\ |
- | + | "Why Lord bless my heart!\\ | |
- | He awoke with a start, | + | |
- | + | ||
- | "Why Lord bless my heart! | + | |
I've bitten myself from beneath!" | I've bitten myself from beneath!" | ||
Dot Butler, Editor (1956) | Dot Butler, Editor (1956) | ||
- | Phobias by Kath McKay | + | ====== |
- | + | ||
- | O walkers, as you go through life | + | by Kath McKay |
- | + | ||
- | You'll find that phobias are rife. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Phobia this and phobia that, | + | |
+ | O walkers, as you go through life\\ | ||
+ | You'll find that phobias are rife.\\ | ||
+ | Phobia this and phobia that,\\ | ||
Fear of dog and fear of cat; | Fear of dog and fear of cat; | ||
- | Androphobia: | + | Androphobia: |
- | + | Tridekaphobia: | |
- | Tridekaphobia: | + | and three, that is to say thirteen;\\ |
- | + | ||
- | and three, that is to say thirteen; | + | |
Nudiphobia: being seen | Nudiphobia: being seen | ||
- | in the nuddy (or in the nude) | + | in the nuddy (or in the nude)\\ |
- | + | by some pert and peeking prude;\\ | |
- | by some pert and peeking prude; | + | Gamophobia: fear of marriage\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Gamophobia: fear of marriage | + | |
(a phobia we all disparage) | (a phobia we all disparage) | ||
- | Walkers, novice or old buffer, | + | Walkers, novice or old buffer,\\ |
- | + | Very, very seldom suffer\\ | |
- | Very, very seldom suffer | + | Gynophobia: craven feah\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Gynophobia: craven feah | + | |
of girls, the Weaker Sex (oh yeah) | of girls, the Weaker Sex (oh yeah) | ||
- | and so far we have not observed | + | and so far we have not observed\\ |
- | + | that Lalophobia has unnerved\\ | |
- | that Lalophobia has unnerved | + | those walkers who some fame are seeking\\ |
- | + | ||
- | those walkers who some fame are seeking | + | |
by not infrequent Public Speaking; | by not infrequent Public Speaking; | ||
- | Nor do the horrid fear of heights | + | Nor do the horrid fear of heights\\ |
- | + | (Bathophobia) or dark nights\\ | |
- | (Bathophobia) or dark nights | + | (Scotophobia) seem to trouble you,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | (Scotophobia) seem to trouble you, | + | |
Happy, carefree SBW. | Happy, carefree SBW. | ||
- | But two phobias beware, | + | But two phobias beware,\\ |
- | + | avoid them with the utmost care:\\ | |
- | avoid them with the utmost care: | + | Ergophobia: fear of work,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Ergophobia: fear of work, | + | |
(Although we're sure you never shirk) | (Although we're sure you never shirk) | ||
- | and lastly, (this is sure to sobia) | + | and lastly, (this is sure to sobia)\\ |
Fear of walking: BASIPHOBIA. | Fear of walking: BASIPHOBIA. | ||
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Some of these phobias are not in the dictionary. | Some of these phobias are not in the dictionary. | ||
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====== Reunion 1957 ====== | ====== Reunion 1957 ====== | ||
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Prior to the mid-1950s almost all SBW walks began with a train trip to the start of the walk. By the 60s affluence affected even bushwalkers who, ignoring the joys of communal travel, took to their cars like ducks to water. | Prior to the mid-1950s almost all SBW walks began with a train trip to the start of the walk. By the 60s affluence affected even bushwalkers who, ignoring the joys of communal travel, took to their cars like ducks to water. | ||
- | The Walker' | ||
- | You hear it not while at your work, | + | ====== The Walker' |
- | Now in the bush street, | + | by F. A. Blackman |
- | + | ||
- | But when the walkers rove about | + | |
+ | You hear it not while at your work,\\ | ||
+ | Now in the bush street,\\ | ||
+ | But when the walkers rove about\\ | ||
there comes a plaintive bleat. | there comes a plaintive bleat. | ||
- | The careful leader stalks ahead | + | The careful leader stalks ahead\\ |
- | + | In rain and summer' | |
- | In rain and summer' | + | And little heeds the anguished souls\\ |
- | + | ||
- | And little heeds the anguished souls | + | |
who cry: "When do we eat?" | who cry: "When do we eat?" | ||
- | Oh, many of our walking friends | + | Oh, many of our walking friends\\ |
- | + | Thus hunger on their feet,\\ | |
- | Thus hunger on their feet, | + | and know that ease for it depends\\ |
- | + | ||
- | and know that ease for it depends | + | |
on this "WHEN DO WE EAT?" | on this "WHEN DO WE EAT?" | ||
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by Grace Edgecombe | by Grace Edgecombe | ||
- | Oh how I hate the race of packs! | + | Oh how I hate the race of packs!\\ |
- | + | I'd like to hit mine with an axe.\\ | |
- | I'd like to hit mine with an axe. | + | I'd like to bust it right in two,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | I'd like to bust it right in two, | + | |
Or beat it till its black and blue! | Or beat it till its black and blue! | ||
- | I'd like to fling it in the sea, | + | I'd like to fling it in the sea,\\ |
- | + | Or jump upon it savagely!\\ | |
- | Or jump upon it savagely! | + | How dare it sit and mock at me,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | How dare it sit and mock at me, | + | |
Knowing that it must carried be? | Knowing that it must carried be? | ||
- | How dare it grin, with beastly bulge, | + | How dare it grin, with beastly bulge,\\ |
- | + | and naught but ribald mirth divulge?\\ | |
- | and naught but ribald mirth divulge? | + | And does it feed upon the air,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | And does it feed upon the air, | + | |
that it grows daily heavier? | that it grows daily heavier? | ||
- | Or slyly suck my puny strength | + | Or slyly suck my puny strength\\ |
- | + | and take my breadth and leave but length?\\ | |
- | and take my breadth and leave but length? | + | Just watch it try to break my neck,\\ |
- | + | using me as a landing deck!\\ | |
- | Just watch it try to break my neck, | + | |
- | + | ||
- | using me as a landing deck! | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Pompous pincushion! Loathsome lump! | + | |
+ | Pompous pincushion! Loathsome lump!\\ | ||
I vow you ne'er again I'll hump. | I vow you ne'er again I'll hump. | ||
The Sydney Bushwalker July 1938 | The Sydney Bushwalker July 1938 | ||
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====== Wildlife in the Apsley River Gorge ====== | ====== Wildlife in the Apsley River Gorge ====== | ||
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The Sydney Bushwallker, | The Sydney Bushwallker, | ||
- | Hot Stuff by K.A. | + | ====== |
- | You like a bit of company | + | by K.A. |
- | + | ||
- | so you light a blinking fire. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Then it scorches all your whiskers off | + | |
- | + | ||
- | and makes a bloke retire. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | You wait a bit and freeze a bit | + | |
- | + | ||
- | and when the flames subside | + | |
- | + | ||
- | You cook a bit of tucker | + | |
+ | You like a bit of company\\ | ||
+ | so you light a blinking fire.\\ | ||
+ | Then it scorches all your whiskers off \\ | ||
+ | and makes a bloke retire.\\ | ||
+ | You wait a bit and freeze a bit\\ | ||
+ | and when the flames subside\\ | ||
+ | You cook a bit of tucker\\ | ||
to warm your poor inside. | to warm your poor inside. | ||
- | The sleeping bag is calling, | + | The sleeping bag is calling,\\ |
- | + | you've crawling off to bed,\\ | |
- | you've crawling off to bed, | + | but you lift your hat in passing\\ |
- | + | ||
- | but you lift your hat in passing | + | |
'cause the blinking fire's dead. | 'cause the blinking fire's dead. | ||
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Helen Gray: Reading a decade of The Sydney Bushwalker was sheer pleasure; choosing only two articles was quite difficult. | Helen Gray: Reading a decade of The Sydney Bushwalker was sheer pleasure; choosing only two articles was quite difficult. | ||
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My second choice is a ski-tour. | My second choice is a ski-tour. | ||
- | Yet Another Bungle by Don Finch | + | ====== |
+ | |||
+ | by Don Finch | ||
As usual we got off to a bad start. | As usual we got off to a bad start. | ||
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The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway was completed around | The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway was completed around | ||
- | The next morning, leaving the others to start breakfast, Ross and I drove the half mile out to the falls to see just what we were getting ourselves into. What we found, apart from Heather Joyce, was a gorge 2,000 feet deep, cut into the rolling hills that otherwise went on for an infinitude. | + | The next morning, leaving the others to start breakfast, Ross and I drove the half mile out to the falls to see just what we were getting ourselves into. What we found, apart from Heather Joyce, was a gorge 2,000 feet deep, cut into the rolling hills that otherwise went on for an infinitude. |
Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand. | Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand. | ||
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* Gordon Redman, then SBW treasurer used this phrase throughout his reports each month . | * Gordon Redman, then SBW treasurer used this phrase throughout his reports each month . | ||
- | ** Ross' elbow injury later had him deemed unfit for National Service and Vietnam. | + | ** Ross' elbow injury later had him deemed unfit for National Service and Vietnam. |
- | The Sydney | + | The Sydney |
- | We'll be Marooned by Kenn Clacher | + | ====== |
- | + | ||
- | The walkers all at Quilty' | + | by Kenn Clacher |
- | + | ||
- | Met for Ettrema to see. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The walk was led by Bill Capon, | + | |
+ | The walkers all at Quilty' | ||
+ | Met for Ettrema to see.\\ | ||
+ | The walk was led by Bill Capon,\\ | ||
A canny leader he. | A canny leader he. | ||
- | The first stretch was through Myall Creek | + | The first stretch was through Myall Creek\\ |
- | + | Then Bill did show his class,\\ | |
- | Then Bill did show his class, | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
"If we don't find Naked Pass". | "If we don't find Naked Pass". | ||
- | The pass was found the second try, | + | The pass was found the second try,\\ |
+ | Then into Ettrema Creek,\\ | ||
+ | And up Jones' Creek the party walked,\\ | ||
+ | Twas no place for the meek. | ||
- | Then into Ettrema Creek, | + | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream,\\ |
- | + | But something worried Bill.\\ | |
- | And up Jones' Creek the party walked, | + | " |
- | + | "Cos this creek flows uphill." | |
- | "Twas no place for the meek. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, | + | |
- | + | ||
- | But something worried Bill. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ""Cos this creek flows uphill." | + | |
- | + | ||
- | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill | + | |
- | + | ||
- | To Moore Creek as it should. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The walkers followed the rough creek bed | + | |
+ | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill\\ | ||
+ | To Moore Creek as it should.\\ | ||
+ | The walkers followed the rough creek bed\\ | ||
Rock hopping best they could. | Rock hopping best they could. | ||
- | Now another obstacle blocked their path, | + | Now another obstacle blocked their path,\\ |
- | + | So Bill Capon he call:\\ | |
- | So Bill Capon he call: | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
a way round Williams Falls" | a way round Williams Falls" | ||
- | A way was found, not as Bill feared, | + | A way was found, not as Bill feared,\\ |
- | + | up umpteen feet of cliff,\\ | |
- | up umpteen feet of cliff, | + | to Bundundah Creek, along and out,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | to Bundundah Creek, along and out, | + | |
up Pass Point in a jiff. | up Pass Point in a jiff. | ||
- | Down Paul's Pass now the program said | + | Down Paul's Pass now the program said\\ |
- | + | but rain made things too wet.\\ | |
- | but rain made things too wet. | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
"It hasn't eased up yet." | "It hasn't eased up yet." | ||
- | So Puckett Pass was utilised | + | So Puckett Pass was utilised\\ |
- | + | to get then down again.\\ | |
- | to get then down again. | + | Just Tullyangela Creek remained,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | Just Tullyangela Creek remained, | + | |
a piece of wild terrain. | a piece of wild terrain. | ||
- | But new maps showed cliff lines along | + | But new maps showed cliff lines along\\ |
- | + | the whole length of the creek.\\ | |
- | the whole length of the creek. | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
"It could take us a week." | "It could take us a week." | ||
- | So Bill said Transportation Spur | + | So Bill said Transportation Spur\\ |
- | + | would see us home instead.\\ | |
- | would see us home instead. | + | There was one problem that remained,\\ |
- | + | ||
- | There was one problem that remained, | + | |
when would it be ahead? | when would it be ahead? | ||
- | We chose a spur to climb on out | + | We chose a spur to climb on out\\ |
- | + | by democratic vote.\\ | |
- | by democratic vote. | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
"If despotism' | "If despotism' | ||
- | But Transportation Spur it was, | + | But Transportation Spur it was,\\ |
- | + | and as we hurried on,\\ | |
- | and as we hurried on, | + | all members of the party then\\ |
- | + | ||
- | all members of the party then | + | |
were happy they weren' | were happy they weren' | ||
- | We made it finally to the cars, | + | We made it finally to the cars,\\ |
- | + | just after one last shout \\ | |
- | just after one last shout | + | " |
- | + | ||
- | " | + | |
" | " | ||
The Sydney Bushwalker July 1986 | The Sydney Bushwalker July 1986 | ||
- | + | ====== Destination Mawson' | |
- | Destination Mawson' | + | by Patrick McBride |
It was in September and looking to be one of the last skiing trips of the year when three of us decided it was time for a proper finish to the season: a great trek across to White' | It was in September and looking to be one of the last skiing trips of the year when three of us decided it was time for a proper finish to the season: a great trek across to White' | ||
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What had happened was this. At Mrs Carlons while phoning, in walked an ambulance officer, and in a few minutes he had contacted his cronies at Katoomba and the police. | What had happened was this. At Mrs Carlons while phoning, in walked an ambulance officer, and in a few minutes he had contacted his cronies at Katoomba and the police. | ||
- | Next came the ridiculous third degree questioning. | + | Next came the ridiculous third degree questioning. |
Nin Melville, the organising chief of S & R arrived at that time and wanted to get everybody moving. | Nin Melville, the organising chief of S & R arrived at that time and wanted to get everybody moving. | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1987: Bill Capon, Ruth Hesslyn, Bob Milne, Bob Niven, Jeff Niven, Fazeley Read, Christine Scott, Wayne Steel and Janet Waterhouse. | The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1987: Bill Capon, Ruth Hesslyn, Bob Milne, Bob Niven, Jeff Niven, Fazeley Read, Christine Scott, Wayne Steel and Janet Waterhouse. | ||
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====== The Virgin Queen ====== | ====== The Virgin Queen ====== | ||
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* from The Amateur | * from The Amateur | ||
- | |||
Judy O' | Judy O' | ||
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- | ====== A Tribute to the Silent | + | ====== A Tribute to the Silent |
by Brian Holden | by Brian Holden | ||
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- | ====== A Short Note on " | + | ====== A Short Note on " |
by Patrick James | by Patrick James | ||
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The Sydney Bushwalker, Aug. 1993, Patrick James | The Sydney Bushwalker, Aug. 1993, Patrick James | ||
- | |||
- | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. | + | ====== Acknowlegements ====== |
Many people helped make this magazine, members, ex-members and non-members. | Many people helped make this magazine, members, ex-members and non-members. | ||
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Patrick James, Editor, October 1997 | Patrick James, Editor, October 1997 | ||
- | + | first edition: July 1931 | |
- | + | ||
- | first edition: July 1931 | + | |
this edition: October 1997 | this edition: October 1997 | ||
- | The Editor by Anon. | ||
- | The Editor | + | ====== |
- | + | ||
- | His face looked worn and old; | + | by Anon |
- | + | ||
- | He meekly asked the man of fate | + | |
+ | The Editor knocked at the Pearly Gate,\\ | ||
+ | His face looked worn and old;\\ | ||
+ | He meekly asked the man of fate\\ | ||
for admission to the fold. | for admission to the fold. | ||
- | "What have you done" asked Peter, | + | "What have you done" asked Peter,\\ |
- | + | "To seek admission here?"\\ | |
- | "To seek admission here?" | + | "Oh I ran a monthly paper\\ |
- | + | ||
- | "Oh I ran a monthly paper | + | |
for many and many a year." | for many and many a year." | ||
- | The gate swung open sharply | + | The gate swung open sharply\\ |
- | + | as Peter touched the bell\\ | |
- | as Peter touched the bell | + | "Come in" he said, "and take your harp\\ |
- | + | ||
- | "Come in" he said, "and take your harp | + | |
You've had enough of hell". | You've had enough of hell". | ||
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