Although the Billy Barlow comic songs are related, the events portrayed are quite different and poorly known from one country to the other. Americans would not understand references to D'Orsay; even Guy Fawkes and the plot is unknown to most of them and would require explanation.
Someone in the British Isles or Australia would know little about President Pierce and his times, or place and personnel names in the American Civil War, or places of interest in the New York City of long ago.

The problems with outback stations in Australia would be confusing to many Americans. For that reason, Banjo Paterson's excellent version from his book of bush songs should be in a separate thread.

Someone who wishes to peruse verses from all three areas would have no trouble since the name "Billy Barlow" yokes the threads together.

The Sam Cowell "Billy Barlow" I gave extracts from was largely for a northern tour; I will try to add some verses with more English events later. Perhaps someone else would like to give their favorite verses.