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haunted in On the Track

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1900
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haunted in On the Track

recollection of a circus on Gulgong in the roaring days, more than twenty years ago, and a woman (to my child-fancy a being from another world) standing in the middle of the ring, singing: Out in the cold world--out in the street-- Asking a penny from each one I meet; Cheerless I wander about all t…

Record ID
2,165
Year
1,900
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2165
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
On the Track; Henry Lawson
Published
1900
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
haunted
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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recollection of a circus on Gulgong in the roaring days, more than twenty years ago, and a woman (to my child-fancy a being from another world) standing in the middle of the ring, singing: Out in the cold world--out in the street-- Asking a penny from each one I meet; Cheerless I wander about all the day, Wearing my young life in sorrow away! That last line haunted me for many years. I remember being frightened by women sobbing (and one or two great grown-up diggers also) that night in that circus. “Father, Dear Father, Come Home with Me Now”, was a sacred song then, not a peg for vulgar parodies and more vulgar “business” for.

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