1. The Ballad Of Moll Magee - written by William Butler Yeats
From Crossways. Published in 1889. Read 2933 times on Poetry Connection.

Come round me, little childer;
There, don't fling stones at me
Because I mutter as I go;
But pity Moll Magee.

My man was a poor fisher
With shore lines in the say;
My work was saltin' herrings
The whole of the long day.

And sometimes from the... (Read full poem)

On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few, 
And men of religion are scanty, 
On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost, 
One Michael Magee had a shanty. 
Now this Mike was the dad of a ten year old lad, 
Plump, healthy, and... (Read full poem)

3. A Bush Christening - written by Andrew Barton Paterson
Read 1535 times on Poetry Connection.

On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
    And men of religion are scanty,
On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost,
    One Michael Magee had a shanty. 

Now this Mike was the dad of a ten year old lad,
    Plump, healthy, and... (Read full poem)