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"Clancy of The Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in ''The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works. ==History== The poem is written from the point of view of a city-dweller who once met the title character, a shearer and drover, and now envies the imagined pleasures of Clancy's lifestyle, which he compares favourably to life in "the dusty, dirty city" and "the round eternal of the cashbook and the journal". ::And the bush hath friends to meet him, and their kindly voices greet him :::In the murmur of the breezes and the river on its bars, ::And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended, :::And at night the wond'rous glory of the everlasting stars. The title comes from the address of a letter the city-dweller sends, "The Overflow" being the name of the sheep station where Clancy was working when they met. The poem is based on a true story that was experienced by Banjo Paterson. He was working as a lawyer when someone asked him to send a letter to a man named Thomas Gerald Clancy, asking for a payment that was never received. Banjo sent the letter to "The Overflow", a sheep station 100 kilometres south-west of Nyngan, and soon received a reply that read: ::Clancy's gone to Queensland droving and we don't know where he are The letter looked as though it had been written with a thumbnail dipped in tar and it is from this that Banjo Paterson found the inspiration for the poem, along with the meter. The poem was well-received and raised much curiosity about the identity of "The Banjo". Soon after its publication, Rolf Boldrewood, author of ''Robbery Under Arms'' (1882), wrote in his literary column for ''The Australasian'' that "Clancy of the Overflow" was "the best bush ballad since Gordon".〔''The Australasian'', 8 January 1890.〕 Clancy himself makes a cameo appearance in another popular Banjo Paterson poem, "The Man from Snowy River", which was first published the following year. In 1897, Thomas Gerald Clancy wrote a poem to reply to Banjo Paterson's, named "Clancy's Reply".〔("Clancy's Reply" ) by Thomas Gerald Clancy〕〔 ABC website (Was Clancy of the Overflow a real person? February 28, 2014 ) Retrieved March 5, 2015 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clancy of the Overflow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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