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)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

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. 😏