"Clancy of The Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on December 21, 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known works. Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson (February 17, 1864 - February 5, 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. ... Front cover of the Feburary 24, 2004 edition of The Bulletin The Bulletin is a weekly magazine, which has been published in Sydney, Australia since 1880. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

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". Shear is a form of structural failure. ... A Drover in Australia is a person who takes cattle over long distances, usually during a drought in search of green pastures on which the cattle can feed. ...

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.

Clancy himself makes a brief appearance in another popular Banjo Paterson poem, "The Man From Snowy River", which was first published the following year. Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ... The Man From Snowy River is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. ...

Clancy was also represented by Jack Thompson in the first movie The Man from Snowy River - and Clancy is also represented in the musical theatre production The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (during the recitation of the poem by Steve Bisley as "Banjo Paterson", when the poem is being re-enacted in the show). Jack Thompson AM (born August 31, 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. ... The Man from Snowy River (American DVD cover) The Man from Snowy River was a 1982 film made in Australia. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Steve Bisley (born 1951 at Lake Munmorah, New South Wales, Australia), is a well-known Australian actor, who attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: when Multiple topics exist with the title When, including the following: When, the concept of time. ...

The poem has been set to music and recorded several times, perhaps the most notable version by folk band Wallis and Matilda in 1981.

Style Of Poetry

In keeping with a number of Paterson's other poems, this is written in Trochaic octameter - that is lines of eight sets of syllables in which the first syllable is stressed and the next unstressed. "DAH da ...". This is the same meter (rhythm) as Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, which Paterson parodies at the start of his poem "Come-by-Chance". Trochaic octameter is a poetic meter that has eight trochaic metrical feet per line. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... For other uses, see The Raven (disambiguation). ...

Clancy of the Overflow - the proposed film

In 2004 there were plans to make a movie of "Clancy of the Overflow", a sequel to "The Man From Snowy River", but this fell through due to financial reasons.

The director was to have been Simon Wincer, responsible for Free Willy and the Australian historical drama Phar Lap. Bruce Rowland (who wrote the music for both the first The Man From Snowy River film, and The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular), was to write the music for the film. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Free Willy is a 1993 Warner Brothers film about a boy who befriends an orca (killer whale). ... Phar Lap was also the name of a computer software company Phar Lap (in pronunciation, the words are run together usually as one word: farlap) was a giant chestnut gelding, standing 17. ... Bruce Rowland is a well-known Australian composer. ...

The film was to have been funded by private investors, but the AU $22 million minimum investment was not met by the deadline of June 2004, and the film has been shelved indefinitely.[1]

External links

• Clancy of the Overflow - The Poem
• Simon heads for the Overflow -Film
• Clancy of the Overflow in the works - film
• Clancy film falls at first hurdle