The Overflow of Clancy
1892 poem by Henry Lawson
"The Overflow of Clancy" | |
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by "H.H.C.C" | |
Written | 1892 |
First published in | The Bulletin |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Publication date | 20 August 1892 (1892-08-20) |
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The Overflow of Clancy is a poem written under the pseudonym "H.H.C.C" and first published in The Bulletin magazine on 20 August 1892 as part of the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems about the true nature of life in the Australian bush.[1] The poem is a parody of Paterson's Clancy of the Overflow.
Colin Roderick, in his biography Banjo Paterson: Poet by Accident (1993), states on page 76 that he believes the poem was written by Henry Lawson.[2]
However, Herbert Humphrey Cripps-Clark (1860–1929) was a contemporary poet whose initials were the same as those of the pseudonym.[3]
External sources
- Original Bulletin magazine text[4]
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