Ough”A Phonetic Fantasy
July 6, 2023Daley’s Dorg ‘Wattle’
July 6, 2023No Choice
“When I was a kiddy and away out-back,”
Said the man with the salt-bush lingo.
“My dogs, two cattle-dogs, grey and black,
They gets fair on to the blinded track
Of a walloping great big dingo!
The savagest beast in all the pack –
Oh, he was the real old stingo!”
“They rounded him up till he climbs a tree
And of course he was mighty glad to.”
“Hold on,” says I, “for I never did see
A dingo yet as could climb a tree
And I’ve seen ’em run real bad, too!”
“You can say that beast can’t climb a tree?
By the holy smoke he had to!”
William Thomas Goodge
William Thomas Goodge (1862-1909) was an Australian poet and cartoonist. He worked for several newspapers in Australia, and his poetry often reflected the working-class experience. Some of his most famous works include "The Shearer's Dream" and "A Song of the Drovers." Goodge was known for his use of dialect and vivid descriptions of Australian life and landscapes.