I wrote Hairy Mary in Derbyshire, where several women thought I'd written it about them personally. I'm not sure I've sung it since living round here.

I write stuff all the time and perform it once or twice - unless it seems to register with people. Sometimes it registers with people and I get it requested - but I drop it anyway. Like th Portland song about the fact that Portlanders never use the word 'Rabbit'. A Portlander told me I'd get lynched if I sung it on Portland and so I've chickened out of that one.