Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BILL BROWN, by E. S. SORENSON First Line: I met bill brown on the prospect track Last Line: Astride of a camel cow. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
I MET Bill Brown on the Prospect Track Astride of a camel cow; An' I said, "I heard you had got the sack, An' where are you makin' now?" "Well, mate," said William, "I thought it out, An' I sez to myself, sez I: There's not much hope for the rouseabout, As the rousy can testify. "So I'll drink the honey of Freedom's Cup, An' do as it pleases Brown; I'll roll me swag when the sun gets up, An' I'll camp when the sun goes down. "I'm makin' out where the diggers go, Where the reefs run deep an' wide; I'll wet my whistle at Tally-ho, An' I'll yard me a Western bride. "She'll make me rugs with the skins I get When I'm off o' the veins of gold; She'll strip an' thatch when the days are wet, An' she'll stoke when the nights are cold. "With only a fire in the trackless zone, She'll cook like a chef, bet you; Whatever she needs she will find alone For her salmagundi too. "If the tracks are barren this moke I've got Will do with a mulga-tree, An' the hobble-chains an' the old quart-pot Still jingle a tune to me." He filled his pipe ere he said, "So long!" An' he rode where the sun grows red; Where the bold are lured with a golden song At times to a dead man's bed. Though many ask, 'tis a nut to crack, Where old Bill Brown is now; He was heard of last on the Prospect Track Astride of a camel cow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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