I think a lot of Helen's material would have been lost for ever, had she not written them down. So we still owe her a great deal for preserving the songs that she did. Oral tradition is fine, but the Nintendo and Cable TV generations do not spend much time singing these days. The politically correct world we live in destroys such occasions. (being the recipient of the wrath of the "Correct" for mild offences I would not care to get caught for singing a bawdy song in public) Fortunately, it runs in my family my Mum and Dad were both in the Navy during the war; and I have fond memories of learning that my Mum had to remind Dad some of the words to Eskimo Nell, A Sailors Farewell to his Horse, and Christmas Eve in the Harem. Yours, Aye. Dave