Banjo Paterson [[Category:19th-century Australian writers]] [[Category:19th-century poets]] [[Category:20th-century Australian poets]] [[Category:Australian male poets]] [[Category:The Man from Snowy River]] [[Category:Australian male writers]] [[Category:19th-century Australian short story writers]] Banjo Paterson Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial
Banjo (song) of whom have written several singles for Rascal Flatts, told Taste of Country that the line "'til you hear a banjo" came when Rascal Flatts' lead singer Gary LeVox was giving the two directions to his farm. Although they did not write the song at the farm, Mobley and Thrasher presented the idea to Tony Martin. The next time Mobley went to LeVox' farm, he presented LeVox with a demo of the song, and LeVox said that he would cut the song "right now". The Song has received mixed reviews from critics. Rating it three-and-a-half stars out of five, Matt