Back in the seventies, some poor soul, obviously in need of care and protection, walked into the Singers Club and handed Ewan and Peggy a beautiful, leather-bound, 9 volume set of the first edition of Child's first selection of 'The English and Scottish Ballads'
At the end of the evening, Ewan announced that a jury would be selected and the books would go as a prize for the best song written that year.
John Pole (the bastard) won it with his 'Punch and Judy'
Jim Carroll