G'day Big Tim,

Not - this gum tree has its unrelated Lagan Love poem ... which I passed in an Australian anthology years back. I can't yet remember who was the poet, but I'm sure he was aware of the Irish poem ... and indulging in a bit of gentle parody by writing using the sense that "lagan" has in English: Goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea ...", which comes from a Norman word meaning "to lie/lay", probably of Scandinavian origin (and closely related to the German).

Regards,

Bob Bolton