McGrath may be on the money in his musing, but Eric has also been known to change various of his songs over the years for a variety of reasons. And why not?

Without going into textual details, The band played Waltzing Matilda is one that he and others have changed several times since the first time I heard him sing it. He'd written it in 1973 and entered it in the songwriting competition at the 1974 National (Easter, at Brisbane); it was judged "Second place". Nobody can now recall anything about what had got First prize, because Eric's song took the place by storm when he sang it at the main concert.

Cheers, Rowan