Inspired my much of the above, my old mate Dusty Miller (see also
"Canal Catters" thread) has just written a new Matilda parody called
"Firing up the Bolinder". Many Canal Catters will know what a Bolinder is.
Dusty is no stranger to adapting Australian songs to suit a canal theme. On the DPN+1 CD "The Unknown Boatman", Dusty successfully adapted two songs from the repertoire of the late great Slim Dusty.
The title song is adapted from "Paddy William" amd "There lies a workhorse" became "There lies an old motor". We are proud that Slim kindly gave his blessing to the two rewrites a year before he died.