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

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(4,625 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

To an Old Mate

2:01

Read by Larry Wilson

In the Days When the World was Wide

5:45

Read by Larry Wilson

Faces in the Street

6:35

Read by Kathleen Flanary

The Roaring Days

3:44

Read by Kathleen Flanary

'For'ard'

5:09

Read by Michael Conway

The Drover's Sweetheart

2:24

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

Out Back

4:05

Read by Son of the Exiles

The Free-Selector's Daughter

1:32

Read by Dru Conway

'Sez You'

2:44

Read by Michael Conway

Andy's Gone With Cattle

1:33

Read by Carol Bedell

Jack Dunn of Nevertire

5:24

Read by Mark F. Smith

Trooper Campbell

5:07

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

The Sliprails and the Spur

2:06

Read by Michael Conway

Past Carin'

2:39

Read by Dru Conway

The Glass on the Bar

2:24

Read by Jack Albert

The Shanty on the Rise

3:55

Read by Kalynda

The Vagabond

5:11

Read by Larry Wilson

Sweeney

4:53

Read by Dru Conway

Middleton's Rouseabout

1:17

Read by Michael Conway

The Ballad of the Drover

3:29

Read by Dru Conway

Taking His Chance

2:40

Read by Carol Bedell

When the 'Army' Prays for Watty

2:12

Read by Dru Conway

The Wreck of the 'Derry Castle'

2:10

Read by mtamburr

Ben Duggan

3:20

Read by Michael Conway

The Star of Australasia

6:33

Read by Kalynda

The Great Grey Plain

3:11

Read by Dru Conway

The Song of Old Joe Swallow

3:28

Read by Michael Conway

Corny Bill

2:36

Read by Larry Wilson

Cherry-Tree Inn

2:51

Read by mtamburr

Up the Country

4:27

Read by Dru Conway

Knocked Up

2:32

Read by Dru Conway

The Blue Mountains

1:28

Read by Larry Wilson

The City Bushman

8:21

Read by Dru Conway

Eurunderee

2:10

Read by Mark F. Smith

Mount Bukaroo

2:34

Read by Mark F. Smith

The Fire at Ross's Farm

5:28

Read by mtamburr

The Teams

1:58

Read by Michael Conway

Cameron's Heart

3:38

Read by Michael Conway

The Shame of Going Back

2:04

Read by Dru Conway

Since Then

3:31

Read by Michael Conway

Peter Anderson and Co.

8:25

Read by Michael Conway

When the Children Come Home

1:47

Read by Carol Bedell

Dan, the Wreck

3:11

Read by Michael Conway

A Prouder Man Than You

1:48

Read by Dru Conway

The Song and the Sigh

0:58

Read by Michael Conway

The Cambaroora Star

9:08

Read by Dru Conway

After All

2:10

Read by Esraa El-Brawany

Marshall's Mate

4:53

Read by Michael Conway

The Poets of the Tomb

2:31

Read by Larry Wilson

Australian Bards and Bush Reviewers

1:30

Read by Dru Conway

The Ghost

4:21

Read by Larry Wilson

Bewertungen

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

(3,5 Sterne)

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. 😏