From investigations in my BYRON thread, I've come expect that just about ALL interpretations of original work take certain amounts of liberties (artistic licence, I think they like to call it. Sometimes it is to get round copyright of course) But its kind of interesting to see these variatins appear. But when one comes to research said songs we are given false trails like the change from the original Sailor Home From The Sea to Cock of the North; which is made even worse when there is a completely different song with the same name as the modified one. Also popularpoems will receve the attention of several different composers over a range of years and a range of geographic locations. Gosh! Codswallop or what?

Cheers Brad