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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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. 😏