G'day Percustard,

The notes in the DT give the author as John Wolfe. He is, presumably, the bloke who called in on Doug & Maggie (mentioned 14 posts above) when Patricia and I were coming back from Melbourne to Sydney via the east coast road, instead of the usual inland (Hume) highway. I seem to remember that he was a Forestry officer ... probably retired, by now.

The tune used by The Larrikins/Warren Fahey is a British traditional tune Jack of all trades ... certainly well known in Ireland and Scotland ... and given a a new life in a Ewan MacColl rewrite (for the Radio Ballad The Travelling People?).

I don't think Mad Dog Morgan had enough friends to inspire any goo folk songs about him! (But I would welcome evidence to the contrary.)

I think there is a 'Banjo' Paterson poem about the shooting of Morgan ... I'm beginning to see this as part of a sniping campaign on Paterson's part against the McPherson family (I understand that it occurred on a McPherson property) that followed the McPherson family "cutting him dead" after some shenanigans at "Dagworth" Station in 1895 ... all connected with the history of the writing of Waltzing Matilda - and Paterson's chequered love life!

Regards,

Bob Bolton