His songs handle the wide range, including brilliantly mirthful songs, sarcasm ("I Hate Wogs"), protest songs and other good considerations of the individual affliction. A select few idea of a breadth of his operate may be gained from either the fact that a second of his easily-known songs is "The Aussie Bar-B-Q", the pollyannaish ditty just about a entirely different Australian institution.

Within the similar vein to "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", his song "No Man's Land" refers to the old Scots song "Flowers of the Forest" being played over the grave of a World War I soldier. (Bogle is when well in record as calling a song "The Green Fields of France", & it hwhen periodically been covered as "Flowers of the Forest".)

On the lightly prevent of the shell, more easily-known songs include ii court to departed pets, "Little Gomez" & "Nobody's Moggy Now", and his homage/diatribe to his folk music fans, "Do You Know Any Dylan?".

Numerous of his songs use at times been extensively covered by other creative person, particularly people inside an anti-war vein. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "No Man's Land" each gained fame around versions by June Tabor and The Clancy Brothers. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" was covered by John McDermott & The Pogues, and "All the Fine Young Men" was recorded by De Dannan. Recently, a Dropkick Murphys covered "The Green Fields of France.""