Ah, Slim Dusty! Pub With No Beer was written as I recall by Gordon Parsons and is arguably one of Australia's best known songs. Slim has written some fine songs - my favourite is the first one he ever recorded in 1947 or 1948 'When The Rain Tumbles Down In July'. The Bushwackers have recorded a version, and I often think of it as the basis for a bluegrass rendition. The lyrics to this song are very reminiscent of the traditional Australian bush ballads. I must get around to posting them here - maybe I have?

Not my favourite, but also well known is '(I'd Like To Have A Beer With) Duncan'. There was a recent thread on this.

A late friend of mine used to sing 'The Pub With No Dyke'. As I recall the lyrics were posted in Singabout a few decades ago, causing quite a controversy as to the gratuitous lewdness of the words. I can't find my copy, but I'm sure that Bob Bolton could come up with it.

Slim was the first professional performer I ever saw up close as he used to do the side-show circuit of the bush Pastoral and Agricultural Shows when I was a kid. Maybe the US equivalent is County Fair?

Regards, John