"According to the sleeve notes the song is, in fact, the work of Bill Meek, who sang a good deal with JC but tends to be less-known for some reason."

Probably because, although Bill's written some excellent stuff, he didn't write 'Fiddler's Green' and 'Punch & Judy Man', which are the two songs for which John is best known.

Those of us who are privileged to know them both, can tell you that they are both very talented, very modest, very generous with their songs, and generally very nice, chaps.