well I always thought they were quite jolly - if you see it as searing indictment of the misuse of cockleshells - fair enough I suppose - we all take what we want from these things.

The little beggarman
chicken on a raft is of course cyril tawney's - I think they said they didn't want singer song writers on the list for some reason.

why, I wonder - I mean someone must have written evry song at some point, and they probably sung it. otherwise we wouldn't be singing it now. or is there a fault in that logic?