While The Billy BoilsSearch
Poet
Edwin Greenslade Murphy (“Dryblower”)
1866–1939
Journalist and poet whose ‘Dryblower’ columns and verse made him a distinctive chronicler of Western Australian goldfields, city and working life.
National Library of Australia · public domain portrait · Public domain in Australia
52 poems
Poems in this collection
Goldfields memory, social satire, war, work and Western Australian life.
War, service & remembranceThe Aliens1926 · POEM-001853War, service & remembranceArmistice1926 · POEM-001854War, service & remembrance“Ave Maria”1926 · POEM-001855Western Australian life & satireBeyond1926 · POEM-001856War, service & remembranceThe Blind1926 · POEM-001857War, service & remembranceBooze1926 · POEM-001858War, service & remembranceBricks of Beer1926 · POEM-001859War, service & remembranceChristmas Camp1926 · POEM-001860Love, family & domestic lifeThe Confession1926 · POEM-001861Mining & goldfieldsCooking and Patching Their Dungaree Pants1926 · POEM-001862War, service & remembranceThe Devout Lover1926 · POEM-001863War, service & remembranceThe Doctor’s Story1926 · POEM-001864Drinking & pub lifeDossin’ Outer Doors1926 · POEM-001865War, service & remembranceFighting in France1926 · POEM-001866Mining & goldfieldsGimme the Ground1926 · POEM-001868War, service & remembranceGore-dliness1926 · POEM-001869Mining & goldfieldsHis Quest1926 · POEM-001870Love, family & domestic lifeIn the Sand1926 · POEM-001871Drinking & pub life’Is ’Arp1926 · POEM-001872War, service & remembranceIt Appears1926 · POEM-001873Mining & goldfieldsLeah Fouracre1926 · POEM-001874Mining & goldfieldsA List to Port1926 · POEM-001875War, service & remembranceLook at His Left Lapel1926 · POEM-001877Mining & goldfieldsMick1926 · POEM-001878War, service & remembranceMill Point1926 · POEM-001879War, service & remembranceMrs. Flannagan’s Frock1926 · POEM-001880War, service & remembranceMy Love1926 · POEM-001881War, service & remembranceMy Son1926 · POEM-001882Western Australian life & satireNickin’ In1926 · POEM-001883War, service & remembranceOn Nights Like These1926 · POEM-001884Bush & working lifeOut Back1926 · POEM-001885Love, family & domestic life“Pink”1926 · POEM-001886War, service & remembrancePints That I’ve Refused1926 · POEM-001887Love, family & domestic lifeRenunciation1926 · POEM-001888Love, family & domestic lifeRiver1926 · POEM-001889War, service & remembranceThe Rhymes Our Hearts Can Read1926 · POEM-001890War, service & remembranceThe Saddest and the Gladdest1926 · POEM-001891Mining & goldfieldsShicker, I S’pose1926 · POEM-001892War, service & remembranceSignals1926 · POEM-001893War, service & remembranceThe Smiths1926 · POEM-001894Love, family & domestic lifeSnores1926 · POEM-001895War, service & remembranceSome Girls Ago1926 · POEM-001896War, service & remembranceThe Sport1926 · POEM-001897War, service & remembranceThe Storm1926 · POEM-001898War, service & remembranceTeach ’Em To Shoot1926 · POEM-001899Love, family & domestic lifeTell Us, Little Toad1926 · POEM-001900War, service & remembrance“Thy Will Be Done!”1926 · POEM-001901War, service & remembranceA Week Away1926 · POEM-001902War, service & remembranceWhite!1926 · POEM-001904War, service & remembranceWhy Can’t the Kids Be Always Young?1926 · POEM-001905Mining & goldfieldsWot’s Yours?1926 · POEM-001906War, service & remembranceWot Won the Larst?1926 · POEM-001907