Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, The

<h2> How M'Ginnis Went Missing </h2> <p>Let us cease our idle chatter,<br/> Let the tears bedew our cheek,<br/> For a man from Tallangatta<br/> Has been missing for a week.<br/> <br/> Where the roaring flooded Murray<br/> Covered all the lower land,<br/> There he started in a hurry,<br/> With a bottle in his hand.<br/> <br/> And his fate is hid for ever,<br/> But the public seem to think<br/> That he slumbered by the river,<br/> 'Neath the influence of drink.<br/> <br/> And they scarcely seem to wonder<br/> That the river, wide and deep,<br/> Never woke him with its thunder,<br/> Never stirred him in his sleep.<br/> <br/> As the crashing logs came sweeping,<br/> And their tumult filled the air,<br/> Then M'Ginnis murmured, sleeping,<br/> ''Tis a wake in ould Kildare.'<br/> <br/> So the river rose and found him<br/> Sleeping softly by the stream,<br/> And the cruel waters drowned him<br/> Ere he wakened from his dream.<br/> <br/> And the blossom-tufted wattle,<br/> Blooming brightly on the lea,<br/> Saw M'Ginnis and the bottle<br/> Going drifting out to sea.<br/></p> <p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0028" id="link2H_4_0028"></SPAN></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />