Henry Lawson's World Was Wide

He wrote the stories, poems and ballads of Australia's bush and countryside And his World was not a small one Henry Lawson's World was wide With the bigger World out there his rare talents he did share But Henry Lawson died a pauper doesn't life seem so unfair Henry Lawson is quite famous though deceased for many years For he wrote the poems and stories that were born of sweat and tears His talented mother Louisa too knew of literary fame Like her partially hearing impaired son Henry hers lives as a great literary name In the goldfields of Grenfell in New South Wales Henry first saw the light of day His father left the family when he was young with Louisa he did not stay But she as a good mother performed at her best And was not found to be wanting when she was put to the test Henry Lawson was addictive alcohol was his downfall But he was a generous fellow and his World was not small People today read the poems and stories and the songs and ballads sung Of the man who lived his writings in the days when he was young Henry Lawson wrote the poems and stories of the outback way of life Of the shearer and the drover and the farmer and his wife The man who lived his writings greatness of him cannot be denied And his World was not a small one Henry Lawson's World was wide.