G'day again,

I should have said that this was not the full Henry Lawson text, which is about twice as long. They had more time and patience in those days (Henry actually wrote this for the Centenary celebrations, 1 January, 1901).

The version I have supplied is an edit done by John Meredith and other members of the 1952-'57 Bushwhackers Band, the archtypal "bush Band") for a small songbook Songs from Lawson, issued by the Bush Music Club in 1955. I reckon it works quite well (and is probably the one that Peter Duggan sings).

Regards,

Bob Bolton