>Maybe I was a bit unfair including Jim Moray in that as with his it was the phrasing & the fact that it was note for note & word for identical to Chris Wood's delivery

Actually, if you're being pedantic there is no "note for note and word for word" correlation between the two performances of Lord Bateman you mentioned. I know this because I transcribed the whole of both performances plus those of two others. The differences are only subtle, but just the same amount as between Chris Woods "Spencer the Rover" and John Martyns version, or Nic Jones' "Annachie Gordon" and everyone whos ever sung it since.