Suibhne: This might appear a vain & conceited post, but if anyone finds it so I beg pardon as it seems relevant here. You were kind enough to write kindly of my version of Butter·&·Cheese·&·All on my YouTube site [http://www.youtube.com/user/mgmyer], which you were good enough to tell me you considered "masterful again" {I had posted it there in response to a request from you, as you had liked my version previously as the title track on my cassette/CD on the Brewhouse label}. This, I stress, was your judgment, not mine.

Yet, according to all you have written here on this thread, you should have disapproved entirely of this rendering of mine, as it follows the principles I enunciated above in my post of 10 Aug, 2.33 pm, and contains many alterations I had made from the version by Sam Larner from which we both learned it — 'in the course,' as I say there quoting my inlay note, 'of making it my own' ~~ which is what I, and those who agree with me, both on this thread and in general, do.

I adduce this, I reiterate, not from vanity, but to demonstrate that I think you are not being entirely consistent within your views expressed here as distinct from your most kindly appreciative and favourable comments regarding my performance of that song.

Best regards   ~Michael~