Poem by Andrew Barton Paterson

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The Editor wrote his political screed 
In ink that was fainter and fainter; 
He rose to the call of his country’s need, 
And in spiderish characters wrote with speed, 
A column on ”Cutting the Painter”. 
The ”reader” sat in his high-backed chair, 
For literals he was a hunter; 
But he stared aghast at the column long 
Of the editorial hot and strong, 
For the comp. inspired by some sense of wrong 
Had headed it ”Gutting the Punter”.

1. The Wargeilah Handicap
2. Shearing at Castlereagh
3. There’s Another Blessed Horse Fell Down
4. The Maori’s Wool
5. “Shouting” for a Camel

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