| "The Overflow of Clancy" | |
|---|---|
| by "H.H.C.C" | |
| Written | 1892 |
| First published in | The Bulletin |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 20 August 1892 (1892-08-20) |
| Full text | |
 The Overflow of Clancy at Wikisource | |
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. 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.
However, Herbert Humphrey Cripps-Clark (1860–1929) was a contemporary poet whose initials were the same as those of the pseudonym.
External sources
- Original Bulletin magazine text
References
- "The Overflow of Clancy". Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "Banjo Paterson : Poet by Accident". Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "H.H.C.C." Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "The Bulletin, 20 August 1892, p21". Trove. Retrieved 9 June 2023.