G'day Messmate,

I've (seemingly always) heard variants of the Waltzing A Bulldog parody around the folk scene ... but never specifically associated them with John Dengate. There's no reason why he couldn't have done it ... but I think he's always had targets he thought better needed a stir along.

I'll ask him, when I get a chance, but I've always thought this was just a good-natured Pommie stir arising from hearing Waltzing Matilda once or twice too often.

Regards,

Bob