<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> EMI Columbia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> John Patrick Alexander </Td> </Tr> <P> "Duncan" is an Australian single recorded in 1980 by Slim Dusty which reached No. 1 on the Kent Music Report charts for two weeks in early 1981 . The song was Dusty's second-most successful single after "A Pub with No Beer". It is also known as "Beer with Duncan", "Have a Beer with Duncan" and "I Love to Have a Beer with Duncan". It was written by Pat Alexander . </P> <P> "Duncan" 's music and lyrics were written by Pat Alexander; he started writing its main verse in 1976 . Alexander had been selling life insurance and spent some time talking and drinking with a prospective customer, factory owner Duncan Urquhart, at the Town and Country Hotel in St Peters, New South Wales . He failed to make the sale, but realised Urquhart merely enjoyed having a drink with him . </P>

I would love to have a beer with duncan