Bushranger, A

DESCRIPTION: "Jackey-Jackey gallops on a horse like a swallow, Where the carbines bark and the blackboys hollo." "Flowers in his buttonhole and pearls in his pocket, He comes like a ghost and he goes like a rocket." His elegance charms many
AUTHOR: Kenneth Slessor (19-1-1971) (source: Scott-BushrangerBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Scott-BushrangerBallads)
KEYWORDS: outlaw horse flowers clothes
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1846 - Hanging of WIlliam Westwood
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-BushrangerBallads, p. 12, "A Bushranger" (1 tex)
Roud #38601
NOTES [82 words]: Both Scott-BushrangerBallads and the AllPoetry site say that Kenneth Slessor wrote this poem about the outlaw William Wstewood, known as "Jackey-Jackey," who was supposedly born August 7, 1820, turned bushranger in 1839, and was executed on October 13, 1845.
There is no reason to think it is traditional. Steve Roud assigns it the same number as "Jacky-Jacky," for obvious reasons, but it doesn't appear to have a single word in common with that song except the name "Jack(e)y-Jack(e)y." - RBW
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