Death of Peter Clark, The

DESCRIPTION: "The sun was blazing fiercely on the cracked and dusty plain As Peter Clark the drover rode toward his home again. He knows that Wilson the bushranger is near. Clark is shot but catches the bushranger in his dying grip.
AUTHOR: Hubert H. Parry (source: Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1967n(Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads)
KEYWORDS: outlaw death
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, pp. 191-194, "The Death of Peter Clark" (1 text)
Scott-BushrangerBallads, pp. 41-44, "The Death of Peter Clark" (1 text)
Roud #38479
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Peter Clarke" (subject)
NOTES [24 words]: For the very slight background we have to this poem, see the notes to "Peter Clarke." That song seems to be traditional; this is literary. - RBW
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