days ago Rich-Joy referred to My Old Black Billy - a song I vaguely remember my father singing

I think this song (once presumed traditional) was written by Edward Harrington and was featured in the famous “Reedy River” Aussie musical of 1953. One source has a Roy Jeffries writing the chune, but I have others that state Edith Harrhy – I dunno, but Catter, Sandra-in-Sydney, will no doubt have all The Gen.

As I said in all my decades in Libraries - I know all the answers as long as you ask the right question, of course, occasionally my reply was - Wrong question!, but not for this one.

this article was one of many treasure in BMC archives How the "anonymous folk song" My Old Black Billy came to be in Reedy River

page from the first Sydney Reedy River songbook with the answer - Ron Jeffries

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