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THE MAN WHO WAS AWAY
'There's Min and Sis and little Chris, they stops at home with me,
'And Sal has married Greenhide Bill that breaks for Bingeree.
'And Fred is drovin' Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh,
'And Charley's shearin' down the Bland, and Peter is away.'
The lawyer wrote the details down in ink of legal blue—
'There's Minnie, Susan, Christopher, they stop at home with you;
'There's Sarah, Frederick, and Charles, I'll write to them to-day,
'But what about the other one—the one who is away?
'You'll have to furnish his consent to sell the bit of land.'
The widow shuffled in her seat, 'Oh, don't you understand?
'I thought a lawyer ought to know—I don't know what to say—
You'll have to do without him, boss, for Peter is away.'
