In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses
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Henry Lawson
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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)
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The Ballad of the Drover-to be brutally honest...
Captain Felix
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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. 😏