The Overflow of Clancy explained

"The Overflow of Clancy"
Author:	"H.H.C.C"
Written:	1892
First:	The Bulletin
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Wikisource:	The Overflow of Clancy

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]

See also

• 1892 in poetry
• 1892 in literature
• Australian literature

Notes and References

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