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MICKETY MULGA, by                    
First Line: He worked wid us at wantigong
Last Line: He 'ad forgot the tea!
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Story-telling; Tea


HE worked wid us at Wantigong—
Old Mickety Mulga Jim.
We'd all a-gone blue mouldy if
It 'adn't bin for him.
He'd keep us yarnin' at the fire,
An' laughin' be the hour
At 'is amusin' anecdotes,
Be George, he 'ad a power.
'E told us up in Queensland, where
'E'd never go again,
He come to some dry water-'ole
Upon a ten-mile plain.
The tank was dry, and Jim was dry,
But be a 'appy thought,
He wrung 'is empty water-bag
An' got about a quart;
But couldn't find a stick o' wood
To bile his billy by,
So stuck a match into the grass,
Which then was pretty dry.
He 'eld the billy to the flame
Wid a bit of fencing-wire,
But 'ad to go to foller it,
So rapid run the fire.
Five miles acrost that flamin' plain
He raced that fire, did he,
But when at last the billy biled,
He 'ad forgot the tea!





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