I think the public has had enough shameless plugs for the Margmac CD in this thread. If anyone wishes to learn the tune from me or anyone else, please let me know as it won't cost you a dime. I do not take credit for the ballad, nor should anyone else for that matter. I am also not interested in making a buck off of someone else's work and remaking it as my own.

I only added to the thread because the original words posted were inaccurate. And I wished for the ballad to be spread to as many people as possible and in its correct form. Often times artists will develope their own versions so as to create new ownership.

Sorry if I've ofeended Margmac or any of her supporters. It disappoints me however when artists develope their own versons and promote them, as it weakens and waters down the original ballad.

Cheat books work this way, everyone is so fearful of copyright, they begin bastardizing original songs. In the end there are hundreds of different versions, as everyone tries to claim ownership to his or her version.

My goal here was to promulgate the ballad in as close to its original as possible, without claiming authority over it so as to save it for posterity.

This is what I would like to see the mudcat cafe primarily used for, spreading good music and stories among friends who care about the integrity of the music, and who are eager to share all and everything they know without money or strings attached.

Again, I don't mean to offend Margmac or anyone else. I just like to see a spirit of cooperation develope her in promting the ballad and posting it here, not in having it cost someone $20.00 to learn soemthing that should belong to all of us.