AUSTRALIAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY
JOURNAL
Representing collectors of Australian folklore
Published by the Australian Folklore Society, Annual subscription $25.
Editor Ron Edwards, 12 Fairyland Rd, Kuranda, Q4872, Ph 070 937474
Number 21 ISSN 0817-5918
January 1993 ~
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Arts Council Carves up Folklore .....1
The McKenry Propositon .........1
The Morning of the Fray notes by Keith McKenry. 1
The Mounted Butchers notes by Ron Edwards.. 2
Say Please...............3
Comic Alphabet.............3
Pig Latin ...............3
The Convict's Farewell notes by John Low... 3
Nonsense Rhymes and Stump Speeches.... 4
The Bear in the Pumpkin Tree notes by R. Edwards 4
— The Showman .............5 —
— Betting the Roll on Roma notes by Brad Tate.. 6 —
A POSTSCRIPT FROM NED by John Meredith 7 -18
The Capture of the Kelly Gang .......8
The Kelly Gang............10
The Kelly Gang (another version) .....12
Meeting Dan Kelly.........12 & 13
Come Out Dear Brother.........14
Off to the Wombat Ranges........15
The Spanish Cavalier..........15
Tunes to some of the above Kelly songs... 16
Notes on the Bennett brothers by Evan Palmer. 17
Four Little Johnny Cakes notes by Ron Edwards 19-21
N. A. P. ................22
The Bold Fusilier
three versions and notes by John Meredith. 22-24