"I can't recall whether you've been involved "
I was involved and I am an opponent of the practice
First Time Ever was written in 1961 or 1962 'when we were all young and foolish' - even Peggy!!
It was made for a specific occasion, I've no idea whether itr was a public performance or a recording.
I've always wondered whether she accompanied it, and if so, how, with a crib sheet in her hand.
Of course the story might well have been one of Ewan's exxagerations - he certainly was not "above that sort of thing" - one of his more lovable features.
I have never seen either of them sing from a crib-sheet in front of an audience, though I know they used them as an aid-memoir when recording for albums.
The only other occasions I can recall were when the Singer's Club changed locations.
In the very early days Ewan made a song entitled 'Song of the Travels' and made it a practice to add a verse when they moved to sing on the first night in the new premises - I think it ended up with around a dozen verses.
Jim Carroll