Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… Dapto Dogs, Dapto Dogs It’s a damn sight better than callin’ hogs A great night out, you’ll…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… Sir Sydney Kid was a poddy dodging man Evil twister, rotten to the core From Oodnadatta to…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… I’m a Ridleyton man and have been so for years Seen people come and go, shared their…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… Have y’ seen the Vestey Legacy? It’s not written in the stars But in the wind blow…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… If unavailable from YouTube, try… The poem… I shall sit at the feet of my Guru By the banks…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… I was a young man back in the 40s When they struck at Coolgardie And diggers came…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… I was talkin’ to a gerry Who said she’d lost her faculties I was talkin’ to a…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… Old Nat the dustman comes to our door At ten every Thursday, just like as before Seeking…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… In a ville in Vietnam Wasting dinks, it was a scam Then we took it on the…
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Produced by Blue Trumpet for Radio 2RRR, Jove’s Pearls is a collection of verse ‘chiefly in the Australian vernacular’ by Jovial Mark … painter, poet, dilettante, and ratbag, hailing from the deep south of South Australia… The poem… The old revolutionary came to our town Telling tales of Lenin Said he loathed the Menshevik scum…
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