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Magoffin talks to Mrs Violet Allingham about her recollections of hearing 'Waltzing Matilda' sung in 1897 when she was a child and her father was managing Kynuna. He also disputes the version of the song's origin given by Allans Music., who published it in 1903 with an arrangement by Marie Cowan, written for the tea merchants Inglis & Co. Allans subsequently designated Cowan as the composer on advice from her husband, Russell Cowan, who was the manager of Inglis & Co.
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Includes a reproduction of the 1903 Inglis publication of Marie Cowan's arrangement.
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