Tall Tales: The Verse of John Albert Best

Dear Sir We wish to stop at your hotel we will book in for a week If you can only grant me the permission that I seekTo allow my dog to stay with me each evening in my room. Though I realise Im biased he is well behaved and groomed. Hes the only family I have left were sad if were alone.We have planned to leave the thirteenth can you let me know by phone?He rang back and said Mate Ive run pubs for many years and I cannot recall One dog stealing sheets or towels or pictures off the wall. And Ive never had to bounce one in the middle of the night For being drunk disorderly and bunging on a fight.And mate no dog ever bolted with his hotel bill still due So if your furry friendll vouch for you why youll be welcome too.Larrikin Australian bush/cowboy poet Long John Best is a national champion in his field. Tall Tales is a retrospective of his comic poems with a serious edge and versa visa serious poems with comic tinges. Included are new works. The old and the new gallop along with breezy rhythms leaving mirth and nuggets of wisdom in their wake.