Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Henry Lawson
67 chapters · 4 h 1 min · English
Read by Arrowhead Aussie, Lynda Marie Neilson
Ballads · Miscellaneous
Play ☆ Favorite
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earlier major works, including "The Lights of Cobb and Co", "Saint Peter" and "The Grog-An'-Grumble-Steeplechase". Most of the poems in the volume had been written after the publication of In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses in 1896.
Chapters
1 Preface 1 min 2 The Ports Of The Open Sea 3 min 3 The Three Kings 3 min 4 The Outside Track 2 min 5 Sydney-Side 3 min 6 The Rovers 4 min 7 Foreign Lands 3 min 8 Mary Lemaine 3 min 9 The Shakedown On The Floor 3 min 10 Reedy River 3 min 11 Old Stone Chimney 5 min 12 Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver 3 min 13 The Lighs Of Cobb & Co 5 min 14 How The Land Was Won 3 min 15 The Boss Over The Board 3 min 16 When The Ladies Come To The Shearing Shed 3 min 17 The Ballad Of The Rouseabout 4 min 18 Years After The War In Australia 6 min 19 The Old Jimmy Woodser 2 min 20 The Christ Of The "Never" 2 min 21 The Cattle-Dog's Death 2 min 22 The Song Of The Darling River 2 min 23 Rain In The Mountains 1 min 24 A May Night On The Mountains 2 min 25 The New Chum Jackaroo 2 min 26 The Dons Of Spain 2 min 27 The Bursting Of The Boom 4 min 28 Antony Villa 5 min 29 Second Class Wait Here 2 min 30 The Ships That Won't Go Down 1 min 31 The Men We Might Have Been 1 min 32 The Way Of The World 1 min 33 The Battling Days 2 min 34 Written Afterwards 4 min 35 The Uncultured Rhymer To His Cultured Critics 3 min 36 The Writer's Dream 10 min 37 The Jolly Dead March 6 min 38 My Literary Friend 2 min 39 Mary Called Him "Mister" 3 min 40 Rejected 4 min 41 O'Hara, J.P 5 min 42 Bill And Jim Fall Out 4 min 43 The Paroo 4 min 44 The Green-Hand Rouseabout 5 min 45 The Man From Waterloo 4 min 46 Saint Peter 3 min 47 The Stranger's Friend 5 min 48 The God-Forgotten Election 6 min 49 The Boss's Boots 7 min 50 The Captain Of The Push 8 min 51 Billy's "Square Affair" 5 min 52 A Derry On A Cove 2 min 53 Rise Ye! Rise Ye! 3 min 54 The Ballad Of Mabel Clare 7 min 55 Constable M'Carthy's Investigation 10 min 56 At The Tug-of-War 3 min 57 Here's Luck! 3 min 58 The Men Who Come Behind 3 min 59 The Days When We Went Swimming 2 min 60 The Old Bark School 4 min 61 Trouble On The Selection 2 min 62 The Professional Wanderer 2 min 63 A Little Mistake 4 min 64 A Study In The "Nood" 3 min 65 A Word To Texas Jack 7 min 66 The Grog-An'-Grumble Steeplechase 5 min 67 But What's The Use 3 min
