I agree also with Dan & Malcolm. Not only should you sing it in a natural accent for you, but also with phrasing that is natural to you. Having said that, it's not unreasonable to have several accents which are natural for you. You don't have to pick just one for everything. As long as the accent is natural to you then it should work. Most people use different accents & phrasing etc in normal speech according to their environment at the time. So the same applies to singing? I generally reckon that I can sing in any accent in which I would also feel comfortable speaking (but not one which I would have to artificially 'put on'). For ages I have been trying to sing 'green broom', because I love the way one certain performer sings it. Up til this morning I failed every time - because I was trying to sing it the way he does. In the car on the way to work I suddenly realised this is the case, and could then sing it quite naturally using my own phrasing & expression. So I couldn't resist posting this as it was such a coincidence. Kris

Kris