Marje ~ thanks for the thread!
I love the archaisms [He promised to buy me a fairling...]
Love, also, the old old versions ...

I'll often, on the final chorus of "You are my sunshine" at my music with the frail elderly gig, sing "You'll never know, dear, how much I miss you"

I am a bit of a Platonist ~ writing will be the death of memory!
Lyric collection is a good thing, but the oral tradition ... gawd I could blather forever ... thanks again, all, for your thoughts on the matter.

cheers
dennis