The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7268   Message #43818
Posted By: Jon Bartlett
01-Nov-98 - 03:21 AM
Thread Name: Marching through Rochester
Subject: RE: Marching through Rochester
As I understand it, the song was, relatively recently, fashioned around one traditional line, "Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough and me?", the tune for which was used by AB Banjo Patterson for "Waltzing Mathilda". I'd love to know more. Jon