This tune sometimes gets confused with Eric Bogle's tune of similar name... no relation apparently...
This should qualify as an 'old time' tune, as it was written in the early 1880s by Austrailian Nationalist, Banjo Paterson...
Gotta love a guy who's name is 'Banjo'... right?
I believe the original version is in 6/8 time...
I chose to 'grass' mine up and play the melody in bluegrass style in 4/4...
Love this melody... not hard to play either...
Tom
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