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Clancy of the Overflow is a poem about a lawyer living in an overcrowded and dirty city who yearns for the freedom and carefree life of a drover (cowboy) in the pristine Australian Outback.
Clancy of the Overflow was written by Banjo Paterson, and published on 21 December 1889. The poem offers a romanticised view of rural life and is one of Paterson's best-known works. The poet drew upon a chance experience he had when he sent a letter to a man named 'Clancy' at a sheep station (ranch) named 'Overflow'. He received a simple yet evocative reply which read: "Clancy's gone to Queensland droving, and we don't know where he are." Inspired, Banjo Paterson penned this poem — Clancy of the Overflow.