The Works of 'Banjo' Paterson (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

With an Introduction and Bibliography Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson may fairly be regarded as Australia's national poet. Waltzing Matilda, Clancy of the Overflow and The Man from the Snowy River still strike a chord in the hearts of Australians wherever they may be, evoking, as they do, the rough life and values of the outback. The apparent simplicity of the ballad form which 'Banjo' embraced so wholeheartedly is balanced by many syllabic irregularities and considerable ingenuity of stress and internal rhyme. This harks back to the old ballads of the English and Scottish borders, as well as the heroic songs of Ireland. Banjo Paterson s poetry is the authentic voice of a frontier society in which song and campfire recitation were the only entertainment open to tired stockmen and drovers

The All Right Un
The Amateur Rider
Ambition And Art
An Answer To Various Bards
Anthony Considine
Any Other Time
As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue
At The Melting Of The Snow
A Ballad Of Ducks
Ballad Of The Calliope
Been There Before
Black Swans
The Boss Of The Admiral Lynch
Bottle-o!
Brumby's Run
A Bunch Of Roses
A Bush Christening
A Bushman's Song
By The Grey Gulf Water
City Of Dreadful Thirsts
Clancy Of The Overflow
Come - By - Chance
Conroy's Gap
The Corner-man
Daylight Is Dying
A Disqualified Jockey's Story
Do They Know?
A Dream Of The Melbourne Cup
Driver Smith
An Evening In Dandaloo
Father Riley's Horse
The First Surveyor
The Flying Gang
Frying Pan's Theology
The Geebung Polo Club
Gilhooley's Estate
The Great Calamity
The Gundaroo Bullock
Hard Luck
Hay And Hell Booligal
He Giveth His Beloved Sleep
How Gilbert Died
How M'ginnis Went Missing
How The Favourite Beat Us
An Idyll Of Dandaloo
In Defence Of The Bush
In Re A Gentleman, One
In The Droving Days
In The Stable
It's Grand
Jim Carew
Jock
Johnny Boer
Johnson's Antidote
The Last Parade
The Last Trump
Last Week
Lay Of The Motor-car
Lost
The Man From Ironbark
The Man From Snowy River
The Man Who Was Away
The Maori's Wool
The Mountain Squatter
A Mountain Station
Mulga Bill's Bicycle
Mulligan's Mare
The Mylora Elopement
Old Australian Ways
Old Pardon, The Son Of Reprieve
The Old Timer's Steeplechase
On Kiley's Run
On The Trek
Only A Jockey
The Open Steeplechase
Our New Horse
Out Of Sight
Over The Range
The Pannikin Poet
Passing Of Gundagai
The Pearl Diver
Pioneers
Prelude
The Protest
The Reverend Mullineux
Riders In The Stand
Right In Front Of The Army
Rio Grande
The Road To Gundagai
The Road To Hogan's Gap
The Road To Old Man's Town
Saltbush Bill
Saltbush Bill On The Patriarchs
Saltbush Bill's Gamecock
Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
Saltbush Bill, J. P.
Santa Claus
Santa Claus In The Bush
The Scottish Engine
Shearing At Castlereagh
Shouting For A Camel
A Singer Of The Bush
Song Of The Artesian Water
Song Of The Australians In Action
Song Of The Federation
Song Of The Future
Song Of The Pen
Song Of The Wheat
Story Of Mongrel Grey
Sunrise On The Coast
The Swagman's Rest
T.y.s.o.n.
Tar And Feathers
That V. C.
There's Another Blessed Horse Fell Down
Those Names
Tommy Corrigan
The Travelling Post Office
The Two Devines
Under The Shadow Of Kiley's Hill
A Voice From Town
A Walgett Episode
Waltzing Matilda
The Wargeilah Handicap
When Dacey Rode The Mule
The Wind's Message
Wisdom Of Hafiz
With French To Kimberley
With The Cattle
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®