Ah! Thanks Q. Maybe the answer I've been seeking. I have never been able to find the words to the 1824 song of this name, nor the words of the song as sung by London-born Robert Barlow who became "Australia's Blue Tailed Fly" I don't think my search is over yet but you have maybe tied up a loose end for me. Thank you. I have posted a thread about "crow scaring songs" in an attempt to find a few possible links there. I know that Robert Barlow was a minstrel and that he sang "The Blue-tail'd Fly" beyond that the proof as to which "Blue-tailed Fly" is wanting.   Still searching. Joy