Guy Menzies (original) (raw)

"At 12.30 a.m. the young aviator glanced at his (en)
"He’s safe at Harihari, which (en)
....A little after 2.30 p.m. word came through (en)
A name to go with Kingsford Smith’s (en)
Across the Tasman Sea. (en)
And eke with Amy J., (en)
And ere the sun is low (en)
At midnight he was all unknown; (en)
At twenty-five to three (en)
Beams on him, rising from the pitch, (en)
Before the ’wildered watchers found (en)
By wire and beam the news they switch, (en)
Deep on the scroll of Fame. (en)
From shore to shore within the space (en)
Guy Menzies was his name, (en)
He cut it in a single day (en)
He scarce was out of sight (en)
He wouldn’t overland around (en)
He’s safe at Harihari, which (en)
Indelibly who wrote. (en)
Is close to Herepo. (en)
Is close to Herepo." (en)
Just old enough to vote, (en)
Magnificently on his own (en)
Of half a summer’s day. (en)
P.M. he’d flown (en)
Some ham and eggs who scoffed (en)
The Great Australian Bight. (en)
The moon at Mascot, round and rich, (en)
Then coolly sailed aloft. (en)
Then give the lad with Lindbergh place, (en)
There was a Wild Colonial Boy (en)
There was a Wild Colonial Boy, (en)
They deemed the youngster westward-bound; (en)
They flash it to and fro: (en)
Till wireless shrilled "Hello! (en)
Who rose - a deuce - and lit - an ace, (en)
Within an unpretentious joint, (en)
watch. ‘I think we will make a start now',’ he said. (en)
close to Herepo." (en)
that he had landed safely at Harihari, which is (en)
’Twas east-south-east without a hitch (en)