PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
At fifty years of age, poet A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson enlisted in the A.l.F. in the Great War. He served in Egypt and the Holy Lands as an officer in the 2nd Aust. Remount Unit (nicknamed the 'Horse-dung Hussars.
(The Yellow Bay was a different horse to "Bill the Bastard")
PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY
© Graham Fredriksen 1956 - 2010
(The Yellow Bay was a different horse to "Bill the Bastard")
PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY
© Graham Fredriksen 1956 - 2010
Last edited by manfredvijars on Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
Good onya Manfred . . tis always a pleasure to read Grahams writing.
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Old Graham was a master at his craft - I've read this before and loved and read it again and marvelled. Story telling at its absolute best. what a delight to read.
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Re: PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
Wow, what a brilliant poem and story. Thanks for posting Manfred.
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... feeling a tad rebellious there Matty?
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Re: PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
Spelling people's names right isn't pedantic it's a requirement, isn't it..Mattt.
Thanks for the poem Manfred.

Thanks for the poem Manfred.

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Re: PATERSON'S YELLOW BAY - Graham Fredriksen
Oh, goody, can I have more too Neville?
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Doesn't have the same look to it does it?
Heattther

Doesn't have the same look to it does it?
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No 

Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Four ''t's''....FOUR! I'm having an attack of the vapours....
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Graham was one of the best and it was a pleasure to have known him.
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