HIGH EXPLOSIVE by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson <br /> <br /> <br />'Twas the dingo pup to his dam that said, <br />"It's time I worked for my daily bread. <br />Out in the world I intend to go, <br />And you'd be surprised at the things I know. <br /> <br />"There's a wild duck's nest in a sheltered spot, <br />And I'll go right down and I'll eat the lot." <br />But when he got to his destined prey <br />He found that the ducks had flown away. <br /> <br />But an egg was left that would quench his thirst, <br />So he bit the egg and it straightway burst. <br />It burst with a bang, and he turned and fled, <br />For he thought that the egg had shot him dead. <br /> <br />"Oh, mother," he said, "let us clear right out <br />Or we'll lose our lives with the bombs about; <br />And it's lucky I am that I'm not blown up - <br />It's a very hard life," said the dingo pup. <br /> <br /><br /><br />Andrew Barton Paterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/high-explosive/
