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Treborlang
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1790 - The Year Of HungerDo not imagineOnce off that ship Too much stiff English upper lip. In the paintings They might look suave But all the folks did In fact was starve. Two years after The Fleet's arrival, They were struggling For plain survival. This fleet, this band, This mass Britannic Was mostly on The edge of panic. Rags replaced Their once fine fashions And all went round On quarter rations. Some dreamed only Of pot roasts, Following orders Like empty ghosts. In another the wish To be fed was fervent, Having always been A cared-for servant. A few rebellious In the extreme Could do nothing But steal and blaspheme. Sure they were forgers And pocket pickers But what they were mostly Was city slickers. Londoners usually, Urbane and refined Who found themselves now On the edge of mankind. Picture not a crowd Of arrrghing crowers, These people were Regular theatre goers. The folk made to axe The bush in great fear Once booed and applauded Arne and Shakespeare. The captives now forced To harrow and heave Once ate sherbet and icecream During plays by Congreve. So do not imagine Some feral folk These first Australians Came from the big smoke.
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