Still not sure why it's represented that way. Sometimes it appears as West-mer-lands, sometimes as West Mer Lands. The location of the song is clearly the English Lake District. The current administrative district of Cumbria encompasses the old counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland.
I used to wonder if "West-Mer-Lands" was just the closest that somebody transcribing the lyrics for Folk-Legacy could get to, failing access to Archie, who had presumably moved on by the time the lyrics insert and LP-cover were being produced. Never got round to asking Archie himself, though he has once again been performing at Fylde in the last couple of years.
Always liked the "Man With A Rhyme" album because of the accompanists he brought in for some great arrangements - Wendy Grossman, Kathy Westra, Lani Herrmann, Ann Mayo Muir, Lorraine Lee.

Ross