It's hard though... I spent a fair bit of time last year, working with a Scott Skinner air, trying to make my words for a song fit, and eventually got something I was happy with. Even though I was aware that I had done a certain amount of violence to the original melody in order to make it work for voice instead of fiddle, I could stand it as a piece of work. Last week, or thereabouts, a friend said: I just realised where that melody came from - "Una Paloma Blanca"! (UK pop song of the 70's)
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