Who is Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem.Early lifeAndrew Barton Paterson was born at the property "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, the eldest son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scottish immigrant from Lanarkshire, and Australian-born Rose Isabella Barton, related to the future first Prime Minister of Australia...Read Full Biography of Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson Poems
- The Ballad Of The Carpet Bag
Ho! Darkies, don't you hear dose voters cryin'
Pack dat carpet bag!
You must get to de Poll, you must get there flyin';
Pack dat carpet bag! ... - The Last Parade
With never a sound of trumpet,
With never a flag displayed,
The last of the old campaigners
Lined up for the last parade. ... - Conroy's Gap
This was the way of it, don't you know --
Ryan was "wanted" for stealing sheep,
And never a trooper, high or low,
Could find him -- catch a weasel asleep! ... - The Reverend Mullineux
I'd reckon his weight as eight-stun-eight,
And his height as five-foot-two,
With a face as plain as an eight-day clock
And a walk as brisk as a bantam-cock -- ... - Santa Claus In The Bush
It chanced out back at the Christmas time,
When the wheat was ripe and tall,
A stranger rode to the farmer's gate --
A sturdy man and a small. ...
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Pdsongbot: waltzing matilda music: christina macpherson, 1895 lyrics: banjo paterson, 1895Funkykidsradio: - 06 mulga bill's bicycle (banjo paterson)
Pdsongbot: waltzing matilda music: christina macpherson, 1895 lyrics: banjo paterson, 1895
Pdsongbot: waltzing matilda music: christina macpherson, 1895 lyrics: banjo paterson, 1895
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localbaddie: yeah bruther dont touch me braaa ill bash ya
Janna Bell: A prodigious talent. Story-teller supreme
peter crosby: introduced me to Australian poetry for which I aim forever thankful first Clancy and then The Man from Snowy River
