Poetry

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

by C. J. Dennis

Bill, a larrikin from the back streets of Melbourne, falls for Doreen and tells the whole story of their courtship and marriage in verse, in the slang of the street. C. J. Dennis published it in 1915 and it sold in enormous numbers, many copies going to soldiers at the front in a pocket edition. It comes with a glossary, which you will need.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About an hour

Where to find it

The Australian Room, at the Antipodes

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #4730. In the public domain in the United States.