G'day Alison,

Henry Lawson's 1897 poem The Lights of Cobb & Co has 2 settings in Chris Kempster's The Songs of Henry Lawson ... a 1940 setting by Country singer 'Smoky' Dawson and a 'traditional' tune collected from shearer/fencer/goldminer/boxer/&c 'Duke' Tritton. That's on p.135 ... 2 pages in front of a 1987 setting of The Sliprail and the Spur by some bloke named Alan Foster!

I've got Duke's version on the 1967 Bush Music Club LP Songs from Henry Lawson ... and, probably, on the Festival re-release CD 20 Golden Greats from the Bush Music Club ...!

I can't see much else that uses the name Cobb & Co in titles (apart from a curse ... on a Cobb & Co station!

I'll think about it for a while ... when I get over this current bout of 'flu.

Regards,

Bob Bolto