Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEYOND HIS JURISDICTION, by HENRY (HARRY) HARBORD MORANT


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First Line: It was a western manager, and a language-man was he
Last Line: "that narks yez,"" michael answered—""he's a cocky down in vic."
Alternate Author Name(s): Breaker, The; Lumpkin, Tony
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Language; Sheep; Work; Workers; Words; Vocabulary


IT was a Western manager, and a language-man was he,
Thus spoke he to the shed-boss: "Send 'The Rager' round to me;
I'll hie me to the office where I'll write his crimson cheque,
Bid him roll his dusty swag up, or I'll break his no-good neck."

So when the bell was ringing—when "smoke-oh!" time was o'er,
Says the shed-boss, "Mick, your services are wanted here no more."
Then "The Rager" hung his shears up, stepped from the shearing floor,
And went a-swapping swear-words round at the office-door.

For the boss began to language, and "The Rager" languaged back;
Says "The Rager", "There's my brother, can't you give him, too, the sack?"
"Your brother? D_____n your brother! Yes, send him round here quick!"
"That narks yez," Michael answered—"he's a cocky down in Vic."





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