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Poems and Songs

Name: Poems and Songs
Author: Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

Read by Sylvester Lan, DebK, Larry Wilson, Heather James, Leonard Wilson (1930-2024), Jude, Algy Pug, Peter Tucker and Lilian Elizabeth · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Biographical Note (22:17)
The Muse of Australia (0:56)
Mountains (5:32)
Kiama (2:33)
Etheline (1:53)
Aileen (2:36)
Kooroora (2:03)
Fainting by the Way (5:40)
Song of the Cattle-Hunters (1:06)
Footfalls (3:20)
God Help Our Men at Sea (2:33)
Sitting by the Fire (3:57)
Bellambi's Maid (1:57)
The Curlew Song (2:48)
The Ballad of Tanna (2:16)
The Rain Comes Sobbing to the Door (3:00)
Urara (2:57)
Evening Hymn (2:20)
Stanzas (1:10)
The Wail in the Native Oak (6:02)
Harps We Love (1:07)
Waiting and Wishing (1:59)
The Wild Kangaroo (2:57)
Clari (1:19)
Wollongong (4:37)
Ella with the Shining Hair (3:28)
The Barcoo (1:45)
Bells Beyond the Forest (3:57)
Ulmarra (1:58)
The Maid of Gerringong (9:01)
Watching (3:24)
The Opossum-Hunters (3:11)
In the Depths of a Forest (1:18)
To Charles Harpur (1:28)
The River and the Hill (1:44)
The Fate of the Explorers (6:31)
Lurline (1:47)
Under the Figtree (2:17)
Drowned at Sea (2:55)
Morning in the Bush (3:43)
The Girl I Left Behind Me (2:32)
Amongst the Roses (1:36)
Sunset (2:00)
Doubting (2:46)
Geraldine (1:29)
Achan (1:55)