Thomas Bulch waltz “"Myrine"”. His youngest daughter Alice had her name combined with that of her husband Norman (Johnson) to title a waltz “"Noralla"” and a mazurka using her name as the title, “"Alice Bertha"”. The composition “"Craigielee"” composed by Thomas using the name Godfrey Parker is said to have a connection with the music of “"Waltzing Matilda"”. It has been written that a Christina MacPherson heard it being played at the Warrnambool Races in 1894. She later played it from memory in Queensland and Banjo Paterson put words to it. Thomas was in contact with his wife's grandmother Elizabeth Paterson during
Banjo, of the Overflow gloom. Kenna's poem is a parody of Paterson's popular work, "Clancy of the Overflow", playfully pointing out the irony of a city-dweller writing poems about life in the country. The author of the poem was initially credited only as "K." Banjo, of the Overflow Banjo, of the Overflow is a poem by Australian poet Francis Kenna. It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 27 August 1892 in reply to fellow poets Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson and Edward Dyson. This poem formed part of the Bulletin Debate, a series of works by Lawson, Paterson, and others, about the true