The Overflow of Clancy

"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)
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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.[1] 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.[2]

However, Herbert Humphrey Cripps-Clark (1860–1929) was a contemporary poet whose initials were the same as those of the pseudonym.[3]

External sources

• Original Bulletin magazine text[4]

References

1. "The Overflow of Clancy". Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
2. "Banjo Paterson : Poet by Accident". Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
3. "H.H.C.C." Austlit. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
4. "The Bulletin, 20 August 1892, p21". Trove. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

See also

• 1892 in poetry
• 1892 in literature
• Australian literature