Louisa Lawson

“ And work with tub and cradle.
She was her father's only mate,
And wound up wash and water,
She worked all day and studied late,
For all she knows he taught her.
She stood to wait the word below.
A test for woman, rather ”

“ To be my loving mate for life,
But still the digger's daughter.
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