Ben Duggan by Henry Lawson — Read

Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began, And there was sorrow round the place, for Denver was a man; Jack Denver's wife bowed down her head -- her daughter's grief was wild, And big Ben Duggan by the bed stood sobbing like a child. But big Ben Duggan saddled up, and galloped fast and far, To raise the longest funeral ever seen on Talbragar.

_By station home And shearing shed Ben Duggan cried, 'Jack Denver's dead! Roll up at Talbragar! '_