thurg,

a girl friend once brought me a tape (made from an LP) with Scottish song sung by Alastair M(a)cDonald. The title was 'Forward with Scotland's past'. Some of the lyrics were difficult to understand for me so I asked over here. Each time the same guy, Jim, answered both with the lyrics and the claim he had written them. After some time I realised he had written all of the songs on that LP. And many more (Jim was so kind to send me an old songbook with his songs).

My personal favourites on that LP/tape are 'Declaration of Arbroath' and the song about John McLean (I don't recollect the exact title right now). A song by Jim you surely know is "Hush, hush, time to be sleeping (Don't cry in your sleep/Smile in your sleep)".

Wolfgang