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Thread #16081   Message #148451
Posted By: Bob Bolton
12-Dec-99 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Bill From Erskineville (John Dengate)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bill from Erskinville
Gday Ted,

At least, I should be able to spell Erskineville. Both My Shout! and the 1989 Maleny rehash My Shout Again! print one of my photographs, of a bloke with a brusht-back haircut and a snazzy sports coat thrown over his shoulder waiting disconsolately on a railway station bench, with an "Erskineville" sign behind him.

I guess that obvious temptation is to put it against Bill from Erskeneville, but it was intended to go with John's Train to Guildford song - especially the line:
I'm in my good gear, and I'm right off the beer,
And at Guildford, they say there's a job.

However, that's what happens when you don't design the work ... and that's why I always have a hand in design of anything I publish nowadays.

Regards,

Bob Bolton