Not sure if this is Western or not … I just found it darn interesting: Paterson’s “Waltzing Matilda” by Steve King From Today in Literature:  http://www.todayinliterature.com/stories.asp?Event_Date=2/17/1864 On this day (Feb 17) in 1864 A. B. (“Banjo”) Paterson, the Australian bush poet who wrote “Waltzing Matilda,” was born in New South Wales. The story of the…

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