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May 4, 2012 · The Overflow = the name of a rural station; “The Overflow” was referred to in several of Banjo Paterson’s poems (“Clancy of The Overflow”, “The Man From Snowy River”, “Old Australian Ways”, “The Silent Shearer” and “The Travelling Post Office”); Paterson, in an annotation to a letter from Angus & Robertson (18 January ...
Analysis (ai): Paterson's poem "Clancy of the Overflow" evokes nostalgia for the Australian bush and the freedom of the drover's life. The speaker, confined to a monotonous city office, idealizes Clancy's existence in contrast to his own.
"Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works.
- Banjo Paterson
- 1889
This poem, by Banjo Paterson, introduces a recurring character in his works ‘Clancy of the Overflow’. The poem is told from the perspective of a city-dweller who has become disaffected...
Gone a-droving "down the Cooper" where the western drovers go; As the stock are slowly stringing, Clancy rides behind them singing, For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know. And the bush hath friends to meet him, and their kindly voices greet him.
Banjo Paterson. Clancy Of The Overflow. I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan, years ago, He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him, Just on spec, addressed as follows, "Clancy, of The Overflow".
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Clancy of the Overflow is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works.
