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Poem by Andrew Barton Paterson


Tom Collins


Who never drinks and never bets, 
But loves his wife and pays his debts 
And feels content with what he gets? 
Tom Collins. 

Who has the utmost confidence 
That all the banks now in suspense 
Will meet their paper three years hence? 
Tom Collins. 

Who reads the Herald leaders through, 
And takes the Evening News for true, 
And thought the Echo’s jokes were new? 
Tom Collins. 

Who is the patriot renowned 
So very opportunely found 
To fork up Dibbs’s thousand pound? 
Tom Collins.



Andrew Barton Paterson


Andrew Barton Paterson's other poems:
  1. The Wargeilah Handicap
  2. There’s Another Blessed Horse Fell Down
  3. The Man Who Was Away
  4. Shearing at Castlereagh
  5. The First Surveyor


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