I have only just discovered this site and was amazed to find so much interest in both "the man from God knows where" and myself. The poem I had known from childhood in Belfast and I regard the whole piece as the greatest musical achievement of my professional career. It was met with mediocre reviews at the time, which was probably to do with the fact that the views of many people where clouded by the fact that the unmistakable musical talents of Dick Gaughan were no longer with the band and a certtain opinion prevailed that we could not exist without him. It is pleasing that there are people out there,who appreciate it, even if it is 25 years on.
    As for me, I am a primary school teacher in SW London and get a lot of pleasure out of getting young children to perform musically to a level that other local schools can only dream about. Some people expressed a desire to contact me. my email address is tomhickland@yahoo.co.uk

                     Tom Hickland