Saltbush Bill Author:A. B. Paterson Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney `Bulletin' in 1892 when they decided to have a duel of poetry. The idea was to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper. It began in fun but later became bitter. Paterson wrote many poems and stories about his travels in the Outback. Three of his poems were "Waltzin... more »g Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow". Poems in this collection include Song of the Pen, Song of the Wheat, Brumby's Run, Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs, The Reverend Mullineux, The Wisdom of Hafiz, Saltbush Bill, J.P, The Riders in the Stand, Waltzing Matilda, An Answer to Various Bards, T.Y.S.O.N., As Long as your Eyes are Blue, Bottle-O!, The Story of Mongrel Grey, Gilhooley's Estate, The Road to Hogan's Gap, A Singer of the Bush, "Shouting" for a Camel, The Lost Drink, Mulligan's Mare, The Matrimonial Stakes, The Mountain Squatter, Pioneers, Santa Claus in the Bush, "In Re a Gentleman, One", The Melting of the Snow, A Dream of the Melbourne Cup, The Gundaroo Bullock, Lay of the Motor-Car, The Corner Man, When Dacey Rode the Mule, The Mylora Elopement, The Pannikin Poet, Not on It, The Protest, The Scapegoat, An Evening in Dandaloo, A Ballad of Ducks, Tommy Corrigan, The Maori's Wool, The Angel's Kiss, Sunrise on the Coast, and The Reveille.« less