Waltzing Matilda...

Call into the Blue Heeler pub at Kynuna and stand in the bar where Walzing Matillda was first played in public!

Just found out from the Friday Funnies that the Swaggy in Waltzing Matilda was called Andy. Andy sat, Andy watched, Andy waited waited till his billy boiled etc.

I learn something new everyday.

Jedo,
A very good version of John Williamson singing W>M> is on the album 'Anthems' - it's a conventional studio version of W>M> most of the way through, and then it segues neatly into the crowd singing the chorus at a Bledisloe Cup match - I can't remember the year, but I think it was also John Eales' retirment match - we won the Bledisloe via a try in about the fourth minute of extra time when Totai Kefu (sp?) stuck his big paw out from under a maul under the posts to plant the ball on the line.
You know on album covers, under each track, they normally credit the backing musicians...? Well on the back of the 'Anthems' cover, under that track, it says something like ..... " Vocals: JW accompanied by 109,000 (ish) extras....". The Bride and I were there that night, so whenever we play Anthems while cruising along, when that track comes up we join in like good 'uns to cries of "We Were There....".
The rest of that album is excellent, particularly the song JW wrote for the funeral of Sir Don Bradman - not a dry eye in the house whenever that track comes up.
all the best,
Graham.