“I am very particular about my work. It is not enough for me that a line…” — Banjo Paterson

“I am very particular about my work. It is not enough for me that a line scans correctly, or that it even contains a thought, it must satisfy me.”

Revealing the exacting craftsmanship behind his apparently effortless verse · Interview with Bernard Espinasse, Table Talk, 31 January 1896

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Banjo Paterson

About Banjo Paterson

17 February 1864–5 February 1941

Andrew Barton Paterson, known to generations of readers as “Banjo” Paterson, was born on 17 February 1864 at Narrambla station, near Orange in New South Wales. He died in Sydney on 5 February 1941, twelve days short of his seventy-seventh birthday. Between those dates he became one of the most familiar literary voices…

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