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Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)

Name: Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Author: Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson

Read by Arrowhead Aussie and Lynda Marie Neilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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