Bert Lloyd,clearly wanted the song to enter into the tradition,and be sung, which it is,he did not want credit for it.
it is a beautiful song.
here we are in 2009,and owing to technology,we are in a position where we know the origins of everything,and the value of nothing.
what matters is that it is a beautiful song,it is not so important that it is allegedly a rewrite of something else,why?
because no composer is being plagarised,or deprived of royalties,while it may be useful to mention briefly,its alleged origins,what is really important is for the singer to try and do justice to the song.
I would like to thank LLoyd for passing this song into the revival.
lets get on with the singing,and stop worrying about trivialities.
sing and enjoy.