This was the first song Conners ever recorded in 1971 on a single with Black Velvet Band. We opened the concert for Maity Swallow with it a couple of months ago and we still sing it with power and speed though I understand thye idea of singing it more gently. "All For Me Grog" is another song that can be sung as a ballad (and probably originally was)but everyone tends to sing it as a drinking song. I always found it amusing that if he doesn't shear his tally, he's going to throw away his shears and never open them again until he's proven himself to be a Ryebuck (gun or expert) Shearer. How the devil can he prove it without his shears?