G'day Judy,

Like you, I have the CD Undiscovered Australia, Music Pangaea MP10002. I noted that the single credit (Grahame) should suggest that the tune was also by Jim Gordon/Grahame ... but I doubt this, since it does not appear as a song in Ron Edwards's comprehensive 200 Years of Australian Folksong - Index 1788 - 1988, and I suspect that it was found by Martyn as a poem. I seem to remember Martyn singing it a few times when he was out here a few years back ... but I can't recall any reference to the tune he uses.

I don't have the original recording (on CD or LP) and Music Pangaea's notes always seem to be somewhat abbreviated versions of their original sources. I will see if I can find the recording from which Music Pangaea lifted it and check the notes, but that means beating around several other people's LP collections.

Murray, I discussed a few older queries I had on sources and tunes for Martyn's repertoire, when I saw him at times over Easter ... but not this one, as it had not yet arisen.

Regards,

Bob Bolton