Click on play button to listen to BBC Radio Scotland playing John Harley Weston's version of Waltzing Matilda on 11th August 2008.

Presenter Iain Anderson talks about the history of the song, it's connection with Scotland and the fact that John Harley Weston's version was chosen by Channel 7 Television Australia to add to their Beijing Olympics Playlist. Also mentions that proceeds from iTunes downloads of this version during the Olympic Games will go to Amnesty International.


Iain Anderson's radio show can be heard in full at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/presenters/iain_anderson