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''Saltbush Bill's Second Fight'' is a humorous poem by
/ref> Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters who appeared in 5 poems: " Saltbush Bill" (1894), "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" (1897), " Saltbush Bill's Gamecock" (1898), " Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs" (1903), and " Saltbush Bill, J.P." (1905).''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p670
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n writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''The Antipodean'' in 1897.Austlit - "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" by A. B. Paterson/ref> Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters who appeared in 5 poems: " Saltbush Bill" (1894), "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" (1897), " Saltbush Bill's Gamecock" (1898), " Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs" (1903), and " Saltbush Bill, J.P." (1905).''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p670
Plot summary
Saltbush Bill is droving his sheep towards Castlereagh and Stingy Smith, the owner of Hard Times Hill station is worried that Bill's sheep will ruin his run. He chances on a travelling tramp, and finding out the man is a fighter, arranges for him to get Bill into a fight and tells him it's "a five-pound job if you belt him well -- do anything short of kill". When Bill arrives at the station, the tramp kicks his dog, starts a fight and beats Bill senseless. Bill has to recuperate for a week from his injuries, after which he and his sheep move on. It is only later that Stingy Smith comes to realise that he has been duped, and that Bill had arranged it all.Further publications
* '' Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses'' by Banjo Paterson (1902) * ''Singer of the Bush, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1885-1900'' edited by Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1983) * ''A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson'' (1990) * ''The Collected Verse of Banjo Paterson'' (1992)See also
*1897 in poetry
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References
{{Banjo Paterson 1897 poems Poetry by Banjo Paterson Works originally published in The Antipodean