"but sorry that it has given GSS and Jim another subject to cross swords about."
No from me Richard - one moron is enough to cope with on this forum without following the Cap'n down his particular rabbit hole.
I've made my points about repeated choruses and I've sad all I intend to say (here) on what I consider to be a deplorable habit of joining in uninvited on what is essentially a solo interpretative art.
I'm happy to drop the latter as it is off-topic, but I would be interested in any feedback on my views on repeated verses.
I may be totally off-beam, but we did go to some lengths over the last thirty odd years to ask as many of the old singers we could how the singing tradition worked.
JIm Carroll