Well, Murray, thanks for the kind words but upon reflection I guess it is presumptuous to ask "How can anybody like this song?" People's tastes are different and accounts for the infinite variety of songs out there. Twice in the last couple of months I've been to see singer-songwriters who billed themselves as "folk" who made comments to the effect that they hoped nobody confused them with the "folk" singers who did stuff that had "Tooraya" and "Faladiddle Da" etc. Heck, I can't even count how many songs like that I have in my repertoire. And there have been songs I didn't like, learned for request, and then came to appreciate. One example is "The Rose of Tralee". After I learned the story behind it I really began to enjoy singing the song.

And Guest - as a matter of fact I have written songs, mostly when I was much younger. They are crap and I know they are crap, and I wouldn't dream of singing them in public much less requesting that somebody else sing them!