we all know that Come by the Hills has is derived from a Gaelic work. However, the words you reproduced, which have already been included in other places are the copyright work of the late W. Gordon Smith who died in 1996 - you credited the performer "as performed by..." as if they were performing a trad variant, but didn't credit the true modern writer.   - Look up inlays in cassettes/cd/vinyl. Did I even say they were a trad variant? No I didn't. The fact is the album in question is credited (know what that means) as Trad. Don't pass the buck on me dear. Do you throw your arms when many releases that has a Robert Burns songs or songs with known writers are credited as trad, arr or arranged by said artist. More things to worry then about petty things,


No matter if someone varies the lyric with a word change here and there, it always remains the copyright of the original writer. - Dur Sherlock. Of course. But I didn't say if some lyric were changed a bit the copyright wasn't the rights of the writer. If you look at my message; I didn't say such a thing. If no such writer are credited; how the hell am I going to know W. Gordon Smith wrote the song. If someone who may not be familiar with Folk Music and they had a release that said trad, would you belittle them because they are not familiar with said song.


The words will be in UK copyright until 2066, though many take the whole work as being trad. due to the use of the old Gaelic tune from which that side is derived. W. Gordon Smith wrote a wholly original lyric as 'Come By The Hills'. His English lyric has nothing whatsoever to do with the Gaelic one, and the origins of the Gaelic work has its own thread. W. Gordon Smith was a playwright, songwriter, TV producer, journalist and folk record producer who worked with the Corries etc. - Again not something I asked but thanks.