There's a song called "The Broomsquire's Bird Song" in a book called The Chime Child. It starts, "Of all the birds that ever I see, / The Colley bird (blackbird) is the singer for me .... " It's a catalogue of singing, warbling, cackling, quackling and otherwise vocalizing birdlife in Britain, very nice.

There's some argument about whether it's really, really trad -- some folks suspect the author wrote all the songs in the book rather than collecting them as she claimed. But a great song.

If anyone wants it, Bill (D) and I can post it here, with tune (I think). We've both tried for years to learn it, maybe this will do the trick.

Also there's a song written "in the tradition" about the daffodils and other flowers planted by settlers' wives, that still grow up in the West around the decayed sites of settlers' homes. Not trad but lovely. Again, I have a tape somewhere, will find it if anyone asks.

How about "The Dark Island", given in the DT DB as "Dark Island 2"? All about natural beauties. Has a fine tune, not in the DB but we are using Noteworthy Composer now and will post.