Walter Alan Woods (28 December 1861 – 28 February 1939) was an Australian Labor politician and journalist.
He was born Walter William Head at Oakleigh, Victoria on 28 December 1861.
[1] In 1906 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for North Hobart, representing the Labor Party; with the introduction of proportional representation in 1909 he was elected as one of the members for Denison.
[2] In 1891 he was one of the founders of the Labor newspaper The Hummer, a forerunner of The Australian Worker.
[3] He also wrote, as "John Drayman", several bush ballads, the best known being I Don't Go Shearing Now.