Henry Lawson
52 books
Biography
> **Andy's Gone With Cattle**
>
> Our Andy's gone to battle now
> 'Gainst Drought, the red marauder;
> Our Andy's gone with cattle now
> Across the Queensland border.
>
> He's left us in dejection now; Our
> hearts with him are roving. It's dull
> on this selection now, Since Andy went
> a-droving.
>
> Who now shall wear the cheerful face
> In times when things are slackest? And
> who shall whistle round the place When
> Fortune frowns her blackest?
>
> Oh, who shall cheek the squatter now
> When he comes round us snarling? His
> tongue is growing hotter now Since
> Andy cross'd the Darling.
>
> The gates are out of order now, In
> storms the `riders' rattle; For far
> across the border now Our Andy's gone
> with cattle.
>
> Poor Aunty's looking thin and white;
> And Uncle's cross with worry; And poor
> old Blucher howls all night Since Andy
> left Macquarie.
>
> Oh, may the showers in torrents fall,
> And all the tanks run over; And may
> the grass grow green and tall In
> pathways of the drover;
>
> And may good angels send the rain On
> desert stretches sandy; And when the
> summer comes again God grant 'twill
> bring us Andy.
>
> Our Andy's gone to battle now
> 'Gainst Drought, the red marauder;
> Our Andy's gone with cattle now
> Across the Queensland border.
>
> He's left us in dejection now; Our
> hearts with him are roving. It's dull
> on this selection now, Since Andy went
> a-droving.
>
> Who now shall wear the cheerful face
> In times when things are slackest? And
> who shall whistle round the place When
> Fortune frowns her blackest?
>
> Oh, who shall cheek the squatter now
> When he comes round us snarling? His
> tongue is growing hotter now Since
> Andy cross'd the Darling.
>
> The gates are out of order now, In
> storms the `riders' rattle; For far
> across the border now Our Andy's gone
> with cattle.
>
> Poor Aunty's looking thin and white;
> And Uncle's cross with worry; And poor
> old Blucher howls all night Since Andy
> left Macquarie.
>
> Oh, may the showers in torrents fall,
> And all the tanks run over; And may
> the grass grow green and tall In
> pathways of the drover;
>
> And may good angels send the rain On
> desert stretches sandy; And when the
> summer comes again God grant 'twill
> bring us Andy.
Books by Henry Lawson
Over the Sliprails (Annotated)
Over the Sliprails (Annotated)
Selected Poems of Henry Lawson
Selected Poems of Henry Lawson. Illustrated by Percy Leason
For Australia (Esprios Classic
For Australia (Esprios Classics)
Henry Lawson Short Stories Col
Henry Lawson Short Stories Collection
My Army, o, My Army! and Other
My Army, o, My Army! and Other Songs (Esprios Classics)
Romance of the Swag (Esprios C
Romance of the Swag (Esprios Classics)
Send Round the Hat
Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Skyline Riders and Other Verse
Skyline Riders and Other Verses (Esprios Classics)
Triangles of Life and Other St
Triangles of Life and Other Stories (Esprios Classics)
In the Days the World Was Wide
In the Days the World Was Wide
Triangles of Life, and Other S
Triangles of Life, and Other Stories by
Joe Wilson's Courtship
Joe Wilson's Courtship
Water Them Geraniums
Water Them Geraniums
Andy Page's Rival
Andy Page's Rival
Bermagui - in a Strange Sunset
Bermagui - in a Strange Sunset and Another of Mitchell's Plans
Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooste
Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster
Brighten's Sister-In-law
Brighten's Sister-In-law
Child in the Dark, and a Forei
Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father
Double Buggy at Lahey Creek
Double Buggy at Lahey Creek
Enter Mitchell and Some Day
Enter Mitchell and Some Day
Exciseman
Exciseman
Gentleman Sharper and Steelman
Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper
How Steelman Told His Story
How Steelman Told His Story
Hypnotized Township
Hypnotized Township
Iron-Bark Chip
Iron-Bark Chip
Loaded Dog
Loaded Dog
Mystery of Dave Regan
Mystery of Dave Regan
Oversight of Steelman's
Oversight of Steelman's
Poisonous Jimmy Gets Left
Poisonous Jimmy Gets Left
Rising of the Court
Rising of the Court
Shearing of the Cook's Dog
Shearing of the Cook's Dog
Steelman and Steelman's Pupil
Union Buries Its Dead
Union Buries Its Dead
Wanted by the Police
Wanted by the Police
Il Te Crs 2 Eolit 2010
Il Te Crs 2 Eolit 2010
The Rising of The Court
Henry Lawson - Poems
Henry Lawson - Poems
Henry Lawsons Bush Ballads
Henry Lawsons Bush Ballads
Bush Undertaker and Other Stor
Bush Undertaker and Other Stories
Drovers Wife and Other Classic
Drovers Wife and Other Classic Stories
Joe Wilson's Mates - 56 Short
Joe Wilson's Mates - 56 Short Stories
Collected Short Stories of Hen
Collected Short Stories of Henry Lawson
Collected Verse of Henry Lawso
Collected Verse of Henry Lawson
COLLECTED VERSE. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Colin Roderick. Volume Two 1901-1909.
Triangles of Life, and Other Stories
Verses Popular and Humorous
Sciatica, lumbago, and brachialgia
On the general anatomy, histol
On the general anatomy, histology, and physiology of Limax maximus (Moquin-Tandon)
On the affinities of the group
On the affinities of the groups Trematoda, Planariæ, and Hirudinei
On the generative system of He
On the generative system of Helix aspersa and hortensis
An appeal to the Rt. Hon. and
An appeal to the Rt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of London ...