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!
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“ 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! ”

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