G'day Kenny B,

I'm not sure what the "ASB" means re Slim Dusty and this song (AScriBed to ... ?). I seem to remember this as being a collected poem, published in an old issue of Singabout - Journal of Australian Folklore, Bush Music Club, Sydney ... sometime late '50s / early '60s. I'll check the index tonight at home ... if I have any energy left after the Monday Night Music Session.

I presume that Slim put a tune to the existing poem ... He did quite a lot, drawn from traditional sources in his earlier performing career ... but I'll see what the publishing record says.

Regards,

Bob Bolton