"I dips me lid": 100 years of The Sentimental Bloke

By Staff Correspondent
Updated October 15 2015 - 10:19am, first published October 9 2015 - 1:01pm
Lottie Lyell and Arthur Tauchert in 'The Sentimental Bloke’ (1919) Photo: Supplied
Lottie Lyell and Arthur Tauchert in 'The Sentimental Bloke’ (1919) Photo: Supplied
"We follow this pleasant pair to the altar and beyond..." Photo: Supplied
"We follow this pleasant pair to the altar and beyond..." Photo: Supplied

When C.J. Dennis's The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke was published on this day in October 1915, it became a phenomenon,  spawning three sequels and a host of stage and film adaptations. Here we revisit the Herald's review of the Australian classic.

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