Forgive me, I am under the influence. In march this year we did a concert (supporting his nibbs, Martin Carthy) For the Auden Society - we had to select songs from the Oxford Book of Light Verse, edited by Auden and another The Poets Tongue, also edited by Auden. Martin, bless him, (he is 65!) kept uttering, "Oh this one is in the national song book, we sang these in school". So, what happened to the "National Songbook" and why isn't it being sung in school, is it?