Researching broadsides to set to new tunes used to be the speciality of The Halliard [Nick {as he spelled it those early days} Jones & Dave Moran were the composers mainly, + Nigel Patterson the third instrumentalist] — see thread on 'The Workhouse Boy', &c. I remember I particularly loved Nic's tune for 'Going for a soldier, Jenny', & Dave's 'Calico Printer's Clerk'.

Codger, it was me who has done setting of 'Unhappy Bella'. Wonder how they compare.

Michael