G'day again,

The word from chez Dengate is that John did not write the parody, although I can remember him throwing a verse or two into a performance. I wasn't back in the Sydney scene between late 1965 and Easter 1970, so I don't have any firsthand experience of that particular parody's first appearance ... but I always seemed to find it around the Pommy (that's local for English - in case anyone else is trying to follow this) end of folk clubs, &c.

Regards,

Bob