A bit back in this thread Chicken Charlie said
> don't forget that "Wild Colonial Boy" is about a born Irishman who goes Down Under <

That depends on the version of the song. In some versions he qualifies better for the title "Wild Colonial Boy", having been "born in the state of Victoria, not so far from Castlemaine".

Apropos the original query: one song that I sing and have never heard anyone else in England do is The Sound of the Windlasses, an extremely rose-tinted account of an Englishman making his fortune digging gold at Ballarat, coming home, acquiring a "charming little wife" but deciding that he prefers the digger's life and taking her back to Oz.

Richard