Cheers, Joe - maybe you could have Rapunzel's name in the thread title as well? After all she set it & made it into what it is!

As I've explained before, when Ron writes a lyric he has a traditional tune in his head, but he never tells you what that tune is. Either you must somehow divine it, or else come up with something entirely different, traditional or otherwise. The one I'm most proud of that I've set is The St Anne of Dunkirk, although the tune came out of the ether really. Mother Carey is a little different (?) in terms of subtlety and sophistication reflecting the personal over the historical (Ron's a History Man basically) - in the 'Process' these things change...

For a further selection of other settings of Ron's lyrics see the Fleetwood Folk Club Myspace link above which features a few, one of which is actually in the Digital Tradition - Paddy Doyle, as sung there (& set) by the late Phil Ryan - something of a theme tune for the FFC that one I think!