One of the men in his camp made up this ditty
Source:From book 'gather no moss' - Linklater 1978
SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore - SECTION17: Characters and Eccentrics

BILL WELDON'S DITTY

He told us yarns of Beechworth
And Yackandandah too
Wild horses he had run down
Thick scrubs he'd galloped through
And how he'd run the brumbies
From the Snowy to Bell's Hole
And of the famous prime bull
That he and Murphy stole.

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