The version posted by Jim Dixon prompted an observation. When Doddsy arrived on the Melbourne folk scene (in the mid 70s as a 17 year old) he was already an excellent guitarist and a quite accomplished singer; he's only got better in both areas since then. His renditions were, however, always at least a little idiosyncratic.

People who sang shanties, choruses or 'routinely harmonised' songs found it useful to 'lead' such songs when Graham was around because, if he led them, his phrasing was likely to leave him as the only singer singing them. It's quite likely that he was unaware of this at that time.

I haven't heard the version Jim describes but, as one who has sung RBS many times, both energetically (with lagerphone) and more slowly (like Tom Waites' version of Waltzing Matilda but without the same skill) my reading of the text Jim posts won't scan to the tune as most sing it. Go Doddsy!

Cheers, Rowan