Old AUSTRALIAN POEM
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:17 am
The following message was passed on to me. Can anyone help Rachel, I'd like to know the results too.
Frank
"My name is Rachel Reeves, living in Wagga Wagga NSW. My family are all very interested in poetry and have, in the past, performed and recited poems at compitions etc. At present, I am trying to find a particular Australian poem. A very old lady, friend of the family, told us that her class, when she was a little girl, learnt this australian poem. Unfortunately, she could only remember a few lines of the poem. My brothers and sisters and I would love to find this poem and learn it by heart so we can recite it for her, and also it sounds like a fun poem to learn!
This is all I know about the poem: the first verse talks about all the strange names of towns and places in Australia and how they are Aborgininal.
Then the rest on the poem, except for a line here and there, is composed of australian town names, like Wangaratta and Yarrawonga. You just keep reciting all these names, in the right order so the end ones rhyme. I do not know how long the poem is, but it sounds like to would be so fun and interesting to learn!
I have spent many hours searching though our many poetry books and through the internet, but have come to a dead end. I would greatly appreciate your help and guidance.
Thank you for your time, Rachel Reeves"
Frank
"My name is Rachel Reeves, living in Wagga Wagga NSW. My family are all very interested in poetry and have, in the past, performed and recited poems at compitions etc. At present, I am trying to find a particular Australian poem. A very old lady, friend of the family, told us that her class, when she was a little girl, learnt this australian poem. Unfortunately, she could only remember a few lines of the poem. My brothers and sisters and I would love to find this poem and learn it by heart so we can recite it for her, and also it sounds like a fun poem to learn!
This is all I know about the poem: the first verse talks about all the strange names of towns and places in Australia and how they are Aborgininal.
Then the rest on the poem, except for a line here and there, is composed of australian town names, like Wangaratta and Yarrawonga. You just keep reciting all these names, in the right order so the end ones rhyme. I do not know how long the poem is, but it sounds like to would be so fun and interesting to learn!
I have spent many hours searching though our many poetry books and through the internet, but have come to a dead end. I would greatly appreciate your help and guidance.
Thank you for your time, Rachel Reeves"