Somehow this row over the tune to which Lillibulero is sung reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago.

Suzy stormed into her house in a fit of pique, "I'll never go out with Bill any more! All I heard for the entire evening was one filthy song after another."

"Why we've know Billy and his family for years," her mother replied, "Surely he wasn't so rude as to sing dirty songs to you on a date."

"Why no mom," Suzy replied, "He didn't sing them he whistled them!"