Last Man From Dunolly

[mwhittle39]

Hi Ed, thanks for your words of appreciation, thanks for assisting in the act of reburying andf remebrance there in Pheasant Wood. Part of the motivation for the song came from those I knew that attended the first ceremony there in France, in the cold and wet of a French winter.

[TheEd8611]

Gday mate. Had never heard your song until I bought Macca's Top 100 last week.

I reburied the men we found at Fromelles in 2010.

Lost for words.

Ed Hodge

[xs920]

Thanks so much for a beautiful ballad, sung with so much emotion and spirit. I thought of my Grandad who fought in the front lines in France and came home with only one leg. His whole life changed after that. He went from being a deep sea diver to a lift driver who drank when he could get it.

[MrHarryt8]

Thank you for a really excellent and moving ballad.

[mwhittle39]

Thanks for the boost Rob. It was a bit of a Wow moment hearing Macca put it at the top of his bests for 2010. You know this song was originally recorded in my shed, for friends going to Fromelles, and entered in the Roddy Reade comp at Maldon but rejected. I always liked Dunolly... lovely little ancient pub, many names from WW1 on the memorial.

[robharts]

What a great Australian song. Simply brilliant.  Well done Michael.

We need so much more like this to keep the Australian spirit and culture alive!

Congrats on being Number 1 on Macca's Top Ten songs of 2010.