Dustjacket synopsis:
"The best of C.J. Dennis appears in this volume. Besides including the phenomally successful Songs of a Sentimental Bloke as it was originally published in 1915, it contains selections from its sequel, The Moods of Ginger Mick; Doreen; Rose of Spadgers; Backblock Ballads; and other humorous and serious verse. It also contains that 'real Australian' song, The Austra--laise. The Laureate of the Larrikin and his 'Sentimental Bloke' have become part and parcel of Australian life."

Contents:

Foreword, By Henry Lawson

The Austra-laise

THE SONGS OF A SENTIMENTAL BLOKE
A Spring Song
The Intro
The Stoush o'Day
The Play
The Stror 'at Coot
The Siren
Mar
Pilot Cove
Hitched
Beef Tea
Uncle Jim
The Kid
The Mooch o' Life

THE MOODS OF GINGER MICK
War
The Call of Stoush
The Push
The Singing Soldiers
A Letter to the Front
Rabbits
The Game
A Gallant Gentleman

DOREEN
Washing Day

ROSE OF SPADGERS
The Faltering Knight
A Holy War
The Crusaders
The Knight's Return
A Woman's Way

DIGGER SMITH
Digger Smith
West
Over the Fence
A Digger's Tale
Half a Man
Jim

JIM OF THE HILLS
A Morning Song
The Vision
The Wooer
Red Robin
Flames
Grey Thrush

BACKBLOCK BALLADS
An Old Master
Wheat
'Urry!
The Silent Member
The Bridge Across the Crick
A Song of Rain
Hymn of Futility

THE SINGING GARDEN
Green Walls
The Lyretail
The Indian Myna
The Satin Bower-Bird
Dusk

ROUNDABOUT
Cuppacumalonga
The Ant Explorer
The Swagman
The Postman
The Traveller
The Triantiwontigongolope
The Circus
The Tram-Man
Going to School

From the Pacific Books paperback edition, 1970.