Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses, credited to Andrew Barton Paterson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson. Read in English by Erin Grassie; Zechariah Raman; Algy Pug; Steve C; TJ Burns; Son of the Exiles; Phil Schempf; Diana Schmidt; Pris Chan; Larry Wilson; Kim Gibbs; brianna; Preston; Michael Fassio; Foon; Jude This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. This collection contains some of Paterson's most famous poems, such as Rio Grande's Last Race, and poems featuring Saltbush Bill. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses
• Author credits: Andrew Barton Paterson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Listed recording duration: 2:44:34

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• australia
• poem
• 1902
• 2017
• banjo
• paterson

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 01 - Rio Grande's Last Race — 4:49
2. 02 - By the Grey Gulf-water — 2:38
3. 03 - With the Cattle — 5:41
4. 04 - Mulga Bill's Bicycle — 4:04
5. 05 - The Pearl Diver — 5:05
6. 06 - The City of Dreadful Thirst — 4:20
7. 07 - Saltbush Bill's Gamecock — 6:12
8. 08 - Hay and Hell and Booligal — 2:38
9. 09 - A Walgett Episode — 3:17
10. 10 - Father Riley's Horse — 6:52
11. 11 - The Scotch Engineer — 3:10
12. 12 - Song of the Future — 8:26
13. 13 - Anthony Considine — 2:20
14. 14 - Song of the Artesian Water — 3:58
15. 15 - A Disqualified Jockey's Story — 5:15
16. 16 - The Road to Gundagai — 2:08
17. 17 - Saltbush Bill's Second Fight — 8:27
18. 18 - Hard Luck — 1:31
19. 19 - Song of the Federation — 2:58
20. 20 - The Old Australian Ways — 3:39
21. 21 - The Ballad of the 'Calliope' — 4:49
22. 22 - Do They Know — 1:11
23. 23 - The Passing of Gundagai — 4:08
24. 24 - The Wargeilah Handicap — 7:47

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