In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses


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(4.6 stars; 4 reviews)

This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in school, some others are not widely known at this time. All of them, however, paint vivid images of Australia around the turn of the last century. As The Academy put it in 1909, "These ballads (for such they mostly are) abound in spirit and manhood, in the colour and smell of Australian soil. They deserve the popularity which they have won in Australia, and which, we trust, this edition will now give them in England." - Summary by Carolin (2 hr 59 min)

Kapitel

To an Old Mate 2:01 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
In the Days When the World was Wide 5:45 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Faces in the Street 6:35 Gelesen von Kathleen Flanary
The Roaring Days 3:44 Gelesen von Kathleen Flanary
'For'ard' 5:09 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Drover's Sweetheart 2:24 Gelesen von Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Out Back 4:05 Gelesen von Son of the Exiles
The Free-Selector's Daughter 1:32 Gelesen von Dru Conway
'Sez You' 2:44 Gelesen von Michael Conway
Andy's Gone With Cattle 1:33 Gelesen von Carol Bedell
Jack Dunn of Nevertire 5:24 Gelesen von Mark F. Smith
Trooper Campbell 5:07 Gelesen von Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
The Sliprails and the Spur 2:06 Gelesen von Michael Conway
Past Carin' 2:39 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Glass on the Bar 2:24 Gelesen von Jack Albert
The Shanty on the Rise 3:55 Gelesen von Kalynda
The Vagabond 5:11 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Sweeney 4:53 Gelesen von Dru Conway
Middleton's Rouseabout 1:17 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Ballad of the Drover 3:29 Gelesen von Dru Conway
Taking His Chance 2:40 Gelesen von Carol Bedell
When the 'Army' Prays for Watty 2:12 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Wreck of the 'Derry Castle' 2:10 Gelesen von mtamburr
Ben Duggan 3:20 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Star of Australasia 6:33 Gelesen von Kalynda
The Great Grey Plain 3:11 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Song of Old Joe Swallow 3:28 Gelesen von Michael Conway
Corny Bill 2:36 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Cherry-Tree Inn 2:51 Gelesen von mtamburr
Up the Country 4:27 Gelesen von Dru Conway
Knocked Up 2:32 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Blue Mountains 1:28 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
The City Bushman 8:21 Gelesen von Dru Conway
Eurunderee 2:10 Gelesen von Mark F. Smith
Mount Bukaroo 2:34 Gelesen von Mark F. Smith
The Fire at Ross's Farm 5:28 Gelesen von mtamburr
The Teams 1:58 Gelesen von Michael Conway
Cameron's Heart 3:38 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Shame of Going Back 2:04 Gelesen von Dru Conway
Since Then 3:31 Gelesen von Michael Conway
Peter Anderson and Co. 8:25 Gelesen von Michael Conway
When the Children Come Home 1:47 Gelesen von Carol Bedell
Dan, the Wreck 3:11 Gelesen von Michael Conway
A Prouder Man Than You 1:48 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Song and the Sigh 0:58 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Cambaroora Star 9:08 Gelesen von Dru Conway
After All 2:10 Gelesen von Esraa El-Brawany
Marshall's Mate 4:53 Gelesen von Michael Conway
The Poets of the Tomb 2:31 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Australian Bards and Bush Reviewers 1:30 Gelesen von Dru Conway
The Ghost 4:21 Gelesen von Larry Wilson

Bewertungen

The Ballad of the Drover-to be brutally honest...


(3.5 stars)

This is the one I started with. Mainly bc it's the very prose & verse that shot Mr Lawson to the very peak of his fame. And it's all been let down by an upper Cornwall accent! (if I'm mistaken with the county of London, tsk tsk me & look over your glasses disparingly through me asap!) Please, I don't mean any grudge or offence to the narrator...I'm a volunteer myself & I know that I'll get nasty & stinging remarks from the public. Your voice IS wonderful, full of zest & vitality. Nevertheless, most of Mr Lawson's prose requires an Australian accent. The author's penmanship is perfect...a detailed description of what happens on a typical farmyard within the aussie outback to this day. 😏