In England also, good old Jim. I am not aware of having suggested that 'ould' has much temporal significance in the song. It's the fact of his having 'served his time' in some sort of institution called "Ould Camp", and that he describes himself as being called by some "an ould agitator", to which I drew attention. I don't think I suggested that the adjective was more than phatic in the latter instance; but I do maintain that there is a history of agitation in his record which seems to have brought him into some sort of trouble or obloquy; and that he undoubtedly comes of a family of persons at odds with society -- sheep stealers, witchcraft practitioners, brothel keepers...

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