The Song of Old Joe Swallow

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"The Song of Old Joe Swallow"
by Henry Lawson
Written1890
First published in The Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Preceded byThe Third Murder : A New South Wales tale
Followed bySkeleton Flat
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"The Song of Old Joe Swallow" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. [1]

Contents

It was originally published in The Bulletin on 24 May 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. [1]

Critical reception

Writing in The Australian Town and Country Journal about the author's collection, In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses, a reviewer noted that this poem has "a swinging, haunting refrain, a melodious simplicity and pathos which rival his contemporary on the other side of the globe, Rudyard Kipling." [2]

Publication history

After the poem's initial publication in The Bulletin it was reprinted as follows:

Note

Henry Lawson used the name "Joe Swallow" as a pseudonym under which he published two poems: "The Water-Lilies" in 1891, and "A Stranger on the Darling" in 1892. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit - "The Song of Old Joe Swallow" by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ↑ ""New Publications"". The Australian Town and Country Journal, 22 February 1896, p8. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Austlit - Humorous Verses by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Penguin Book of Australian Verse (Penguin)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Poems of Henry Lawson (Ure Smith)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 (Lansdowne)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "A Collection of Australian Bush Verse (Peter Antill-Rose)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry (Little Hills Press)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Austlit - Joe Swallow". Austlit. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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