G'day Mark,

I guess I have a distant ancestral link to that time and part of the world ... and I wonder if your material included any version of a song that has haunted me for the thirty-odd years since I heard it - and which seems to belong to that era and particular event.

This is the song I first heard sung by Mike Harding: The July Wakes ... and it has been the subject of a couple of threads over the years (but hasn't yet made it into the DT ...! I understand it is based on a poem from that American Civil War period (possibly by a Mrs Belasis ... ?). I did not get much definite information last time I enquired ... and it seems this might be right up your Lancashire laneway!

Regards,

Bob