Thak you very much indeed. I am somewhat in awe of musical creativity. Academic gifts I can understand but to bring something beautiful from nowhere into its own existance just out of one's own being.............. It is a real gift. I have recently visited Scotland for the first time (after seeing a little postcard show on TV). Although Australia is full of Scots, I have no known Scottish ancestry (although Antrim is so close I suspect there is undeniablr intermingling). I had read an Australian poem about Glencoe in school at about the time you wrote your ballad, and found the place hauntingly and majestically beautiful. Then the tour guide played a version of your song by "Steam Jenny". Leaving Scotland I bought a CD called Songs of Scotland. I had no idea that you had written Mary Jane, too. I consider it a priviledge to have had the words supplied by the writer/composer - I doubt it would happed with Paul McCartney or Paul Simon who must be contemporaries! I will always remember your beautiful country in association with your songs. If you do have a songbook please post the details, I will buy it. LS