Banjo Paterson

[grannyjill]

I've a friend, a Black Country poet (Black Country is the name of the area near Birmingham where I am living - named for its industrial heritage) who writes reams of poetry like this. His work is usually to be found in the Black Country Bugle which is widely read - so, for your average man in the street, it is the only poetry they will ever hear once they've left school.

I agree on the comparison with Kipling, but at times, for me he veers into McGonagall.