Tall and freckled and sandy, <br /> Face of a country lout; <br />This was the picture of Andy, <br /> Middleton's Rouseabout. <br /> <br />Type of a coming nation, <br /> In the land of cattle and sheep, <br />Worked on Middleton's station, <br /> `Pound a week and his keep.' <br /> <br />On Middleton's wide dominions <br /> Plied the stockwhip and shears; <br />Hadn't any opinions, <br /> Hadn't any `idears'. <br /> <br />Swiftly the years went over, <br /> Liquor and drought prevailed; <br />Middleton went as a drover, <br /> After his station had failed. <br /> <br />Type of a careless nation, <br /> Men who are soon played out, <br />Middleton was: -- and his station <br /> Was bought by the Rouseabout. <br /> <br />Flourishing beard and sandy, <br /> Tall and robust and stout; <br />This is the picture of Andy, <br /> Middleton's Rouseabout. <br /> <br />Now on his own dominions <br /> Works with his overseers; <br />Hasn't any opinions, <br /> Hasn't any `idears'.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/middleton-s-rouseabout/
