WAGGA songwriter Pat Alexander is part of Australian folklore as the man who wrote Slim Dusty's 1981 hit Duncan and at the ripe old age of 73 he's ready to become a self-described "two-hit wonder".Alexander, along with well- known local country music product Grant Luhrs, has been nominated as a finalist of the Great Country Pub Song Competition.Both men will be heading to Tamworth to perform their new songs on January 20 at the famous Country Music Festival as part of a 19-man field in the hunt for a $2500 prize.Both will sing about Riverina pubs - Alexander has lyricised Wagga's The William Farrer while Luhrs will sing about The Pub at Pleasant Hills, just outside of Henty.Alexander normally writes songs for others to perform but in this case it will be his own voice on show."The song's very similar to Duncan in the sense it's a repeated verse using different people's names," he said.The subtitle of the song is He Wouldn't Shout if a Shark Bit Him and Alexander said it was designed to "have a go at everyone" about not taking their turn to shout."The last verse is aimed directly at (William Farrer proprieter) David Barnhill jnr ... he said he'd shout the bar if I win," Alexander said.Luhrs' song is special to him because he did a gig at the community-run Pleasant Hills hotel last Febrauary and found out while he was there that his grandfather had been a regular at the pub in the early 1900s."It was a real buzz to find out that 100 years prior my grandfather had spent some time in the area," he said.Luhrs will be performing at his 25th straight country music festival and said his "plan is to win" the competition.