Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)


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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.
The original collection includes 66 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. Later publications split the collection into two separate volumes: Popular Verses and Humorous Verses, though the contents differed from the original list. - Summary by Wikipedia

Initial DPL: Larry Wilson and MC: Phil Chenevert (4 hr 0 min)

Chapters

Preface 0:57 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Ports Of The Open Sea 3:21 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Three Kings 2:33 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Outside Track 2:02 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Sydney-Side 2:36 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Rovers 3:41 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Foreign Lands 3:15 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Mary Lemaine 2:36 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Shakedown On The Floor 2:44 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Reedy River 2:33 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Old Stone Chimney 4:43 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver 3:09 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Lighs Of Cobb & Co 4:50 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
How The Land Was Won 3:08 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Boss Over The Board 3:19 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
When The Ladies Come To The Shearing Shed 2:31 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Ballad Of The Rouseabout 4:03 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Years After The War In Australia 5:36 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Old Jimmy Woodser 1:50 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Christ Of The "Never" 2:00 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Cattle-Dog's Death 1:57 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Song Of The Darling River 2:26 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Rain In The Mountains 0:56 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
A May Night On The Mountains 1:37 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The New Chum Jackaroo 1:53 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Dons Of Spain 2:14 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Bursting Of The Boom 3:56 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Antony Villa 4:45 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Second Class Wait Here 2:28 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Ships That Won't Go Down 1:25 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Men We Might Have Been 1:28 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Way Of The World 1:11 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
The Battling Days 2:15 Read by Arrowhead Aussie
Written Afterwards 4:12 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Uncultured Rhymer To His Cultured Critics 2:51 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Writer's Dream 9:57 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Jolly Dead March 5:41 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
My Literary Friend 2:08 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Mary Called Him "Mister" 2:33 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Rejected 4:01 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
O'Hara, J.P. 5:26 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Bill And Jim Fall Out 3:56 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Paroo 3:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Green-Hand Rouseabout 5:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Man From Waterloo 3:50 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Saint Peter 2:50 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Stranger's Friend 4:58 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The God-Forgotten Election 6:26 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Boss's Boots 6:52 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Captain Of The Push 7:33 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Billy's "Square Affair" 4:39 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Derry On A Cove 1:58 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Rise Ye! Rise Ye! 2:52 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Ballad Of Mabel Clare 6:50 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Constable M'Carthy's Investigation 9:49 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
At The Tug-of-War 2:31 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Here's Luck! 3:29 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Men Who Come Behind 3:22 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Days When We Went Swimming 2:21 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Old Bark School 4:11 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Trouble On The Selection 1:55 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Professional Wanderer 2:27 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Little Mistake 3:36 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Study In The "Nood" 3:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Word To Texas Jack 7:00 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Grog-An'-Grumble Steeplechase 5:20 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
But What's The Use 2:53 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Reviews


(3 stars)

The bloke was perfect,and did Henry justice. The sheila massacered the poems, and got Henry to turn in his grave.