'The Crows Kept Flyin’ Up': Old Bush Song or Mary Gilmore Ballad?
Abstract
Examines the origins of the ballad 'The Crows Kept Flyin' Up', claimed by Henry Lawson to be an 'old bush song' but likely written by Mary Gilmore.
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Published 1 May 1981 in Volume 10 No. 1. Subjects: Authorship, Ballads, Mary Gilmore.
Cite as: Wilde, W. H.. ‘'The Crows Kept Flyin’ Up': Old Bush Song or Mary Gilmore Ballad?.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 1981, doi: 10.20314/als.eb1a882d07.