G'day again Cobber:

After a quick perusal off-line, I note that Wild Rover ... with all the Australian references that Luke Kelly claims where invented by Brian Mooney "back in the 60s" is printed in the Stewart & Keesing revision of 'Banjo' Paterson's ,i>Old Bush Songs as a version from Dr Percy Jones's late '40s/early '50s collection ... and that Paterson had a version in his earlier edition. I can't see it in his 1905 edition, but it, presumably, was in the 1912 edition. All of these have the Australian references. Brain Mooney would have been wel aware of all these version.

Luke should have taken more water with it!

Regard(les)s,

Bob Bolton