The discussion about the lack of smuggler songs had me intrigued, because I have a nagging suspicion that I've seen a similar song in print. If I had to take a punt I'd say Scottish or Northern England 'cos they tend to be the tomes that I used to plough through from time to time. Whether there's any real historical base for smugglers in this area, I have not a clue. But I bet that if anyone can track this down then Malcolm certainly could.

In order to have a bit of fun I changed the word 'knight' to 'smuggler' in the song I posted. But my intention was to point out that rather than looking for a smuggler's song, is it possible that as part of the folk process someone has likewise changed 'sailor' or 'soldier' or 'Avon sales rep' in order to make the song more relevant? There's certainly no shortage of songs containing 'My love he is a ...'

Regards, John