Thank you for the poem Jill Marie gumtrees2@iprimus.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson & Livingstone" <panjil@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 7:53 PM Subject: [NSW-W] Poem by Harry Stockdale > Hi Marie and list. Here is the poem about my ancestor as requested. It was published in the "Independent Advertiser" Print, Gunnedah. I don't know what date. There are five verses as follows. If you are not interested, just delete this email now. Best wishes, Jill. > > "KANGAROO NED" > by > Harry Stockdale > > Did I know him - did I not, Sir, > Old Ned Warmoll, him from Bourke; > Why, I've seen him "put 'em up," Sir; > Beating Ned war'nt easy work. > Was he a big'un, no he war'nt, > Fairly tall and rather slight; > There were a few round Bourke I'm told > Who agreed that Ned could fight. > > Had some good'uns, I b'lieve you, lad, > But the best of all the crew > A little bay - a lepper good, > Ned called him Kangaroo. > Now Ned was fond o' that ere horse - > Or a pony's nearer true- > For he was only just about > What's known as fourteen two. > > A plum; yes stranger that's bout right > I couldn't tell you half he knew, > He was a knowing card, that bay, > That Ned called Kangaroo. > I've heard Ned swear that he could talk- > I mean the horse, not Ned- > And 'praps he might, but Ned alone > Could tell the words he said. > > When others were tired and failing, > You could stake your shirt on one, > That he was galloping, galloping, > The bay was galloping on. > Was topping the rails in good style, > Is leading them all but two; > He catches them, passes and leads, > Does the pony Kangaroo. > > Little, but good, the pony was, > Honest, and game, and true; > Could jump like a deer, or rather, > An old man Kangaroo. > Where are they now? that's hard to say; > Are they together those two? > Old Ned from the Darling River, > And his pony - Kangaroo. > > > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > To read previous messages to this list, for at least the last twelve months, go to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AUS-NSW-WEST/ > >