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The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (2 ed.)
by Andrew Barton `Banjo' Paterson [Australian Poet, Reporter -- 1864-1941.]



THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER AND OTHER VERSES by A. B. Paterson ("The Banjo")
with preface by Rolf Boldrewood





A number of these verses are now published for the first time,
most of the others were written for and appeared in "The Bulletin"
(Sydney, N.S.W.), and are therefore already widely known
to readers in Australasia.

A. B. Paterson






Prelude



I have gathered these stories afar,
In the wind and the rain,
In the land where the cattle camps are,
On the edge of the plain.
On the overland routes of the west,
When the watches were long,
I have fashioned in earnest and jest
These fragments of song.

They are just the rude stories one hears
In sadness and mirth,
The records of wandering years,
And scant is their worth
Though their merits indeed are but slight,
I shall not repine,
If they give you one moment's delight,
Old comrades of mine.