Click Go the Shears
Click Go the Shears
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Click Go the Shears by Robert Ingpen
A fresh edition of the world's most famous shearing song. Click Go the Shears was probably the most wide pread and enduring of the old-time shearers' songs. It was still frequently to be heard in the sheds of the Western Line of NSW in the last half of the twentieth century. the tune came from an American Civil War song, Ring the Bell, Watchman, and was later used for the revival hymn Pull for the Shore, and for a number of temperance anthems, including one from the Salvation Army. the opening verse of Click Go the Shears is a parody of Ring the Bell, written by Henry Lawson, who wrote about the song in his essay 'the Songs they Used to Sing'. Versions don't seem to differ much - the song was first published in written format in 1946 in an article by Percy Jones. the version in this book is as sung by A L Lloyd in the 1950s.
Robert Ingpen is an illustrator, author and graphic designer. He has illustrated numerous children’s classics, including Storm Boy by Colin Thiele, and the centenary editions of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan and Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. His work in children’s books attracts attention to this day: Ziba Came by Boat was listed for numerous awards, including a shortlisting by the Children’s Book Council of Australia for Best Picture Book in 2008.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780207180941 |
| ISBN 10 | 0207180946 |
| Title | Click Go the Shears |
| Author | Robert Ingpen |
| Series | Australian Children's Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |