William Thomas Goodge

“ Keep the dust out of its eyes!
And I heard that since McPherson
Did that famous record ride,
They won't let a man get near 'em,
Couldn't catch one if you tried!
“If you don't believe the story,
And some people don't, yer know;
Why the blinded map'll prove it,
Strike me fat!” said Ginger Joe.
“Look along the Queensland border,
On the South Australian side,
There's this township! christened Birdsville,
'Cause of Jock McPherson's ride!
This work is in the public domain in Australia because it was created in Australia and the term of copyright has expired. ”

“ And he'd struck a sort of notion,
Which you'll think is mighty queer —
That the earth rolls round to eastward
And that birds, by rising high,
Might just stop and travel westward,
While the earth was rolling by! ”

“ Things is just the same as ever
On the outer Never-Never,
And you look to find the stock of liquor scanty;
But we found things worse than ordin'ry,
And in fact a bit extraordin'ry,
When myself and Bill the Pinker struck the shanty.
“Shanty?” says you. “What shanty?”
Why, Mulligan's shanty!
I says “Whisky”; Bill says “Brandy” ”