An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse

Description

Verse is more than pleasant, jingling rhyme. It can document history, heroics and current events, tell stories, comment on social issues and satirise. At best it can be a subtle and satisfying form of literature, but its primary purpose is entertainment - for reading, writing, performance or listening. to compile this collection, Jim Haynes has gone to many previously neglected sources, including old magazines, manuscripts and books now out of print. the result is not just a compendium of well loved and often brilliant verse, but a portrait of Australia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Jim Haynes is a talented larrikin who has excelled in multiple careers from songwriter, performer, recording artist and bush poet to comedian and more. He has sold over 70,000 albums and written eleven bestselling books of stories and verse. He is the four-time winner of 'Comedy Song of Year' at Tamworth. Jim has also served on the board of the Country Music Association of Australia for over ten years.