SCRAPIN' GUM.
The restless shadows by mc tilt, o An' day will 6oon be o'er, s As In the dyin , Hght I sit j. Outside mc whare door— * Awny across the East t we Q The black swans homeward cone a Through sunset skies that gleam OB me— Q A digger scrapin" guni. -•. -j "Mid rugged hills of grey an* brown a i I live here in the scrub, I Full fifteen miles from any town, i An' ten from any pub. n Thro' winter's rain an' eummex'e drought Hi (This life, mebbe, suits some) f I grind a scanty llvin , out, Diggin' an , scrapin' gum. i- An' if yer wants the ways ye're conQ Hid from the friends ye've lost, Es Blow the years er life eteal on c Ad , turn the fcair ter frost, c See yon! the grey scrub on an ffate, n , A loyal friend, though dnmb. "l Will hide yer as the evening bides '"I An ole man scrapin , gflin- § ,r-Ep<nn "Future TJm« »n« O«»
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 13
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170SCRAPIN' GUM. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 13
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