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This site has been Re-Edited and Updated.....Please Enjoy!
(December 8/07)
Welcome.........When you're tired of fast food and frozen dinners, turn your hand to old-fashioned Australian cooking. Memories of yesterday's delicious old meals and recipes with this private collection taken from family writings and cut-outs. Please Enjoy!
Where the old ingredients such as lard, fats, etc are mentioned, simply substitute todays modern oils of your choice.......they will turn out delicious.
The Free Selector's Daughter
by Henry Lawson
I met her on the Lachlan-side, a darling girl I thought her,
And ere I left, I swore I'd win the free-selector's daughter.
I milked her father's cows a month, I brought the wood and water,
I mended all the broken fence, before I won the daughter.
I listened to her father's yarns, I did just what I 'oughter',
And what you'll have to do to win a free-selector's daughter.
I broke my pipe and burnt my twist and washed my mouth with water;
I had a shave before I kissed the free selector's daughter.
Then rising in the frosty morn, I brought the cows for Mary,
And when I'd milked a bucketful I took it to the dairy.
I poured the milk into the dish while Mary held the strainer,
I summoned heart to speak my wish and oh! her blush grew plainer.
I told her I must leave the place, I said that I would miss her;
At first she turned away her face and then she let me kiss her.
I put the bucket on the ground, and in my arms I caught her;
I'd give the world to hold again, that free-selector's daughter!
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