But we're talking about the melodies not the lyrics, which he scrupled to change. he didn't change a lick of "The leaving of Liverpool". Actually, I thought for years that it was the Leaving of liverpool, because I didn't think he did a very good job of singing the leaving of liverpool so I didn't listen to it. His best faculty is that of lyric writing. He can play music better than I, but he can't hardly sing.