With My Swag on My Shoulder

With My Swag on My Shoulder folksong. Set to »Dennis O'Reilly«, this traditional gold-digger's song recounts the changing fortunes of an immigrant who comes to Victoria in the goldrush of the 1850s and slowly descends into the life of a swagman. Published by A.B. Paterson in Old Bush Songs (1905), and with its music by John Meredith 1956; another version was collected by John Manifold and published 1964.