The Oath~“Pure and simple, straight and neat I vow I’ll rob the folk I meet. Be they live or dead and dry I swear I’ll rob the folk I spy, And if I ever break this oath I’ll eat my boots! I’ll eat them both"!Commended Picture Book, CBC Awards 1979The Oath of Bad Brown Bill was adapted as a musical, music by Barry Conyngham, libretto by Murray Copland, produced in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1985.