No I am English - in as much as any of us are anything - both grandfathers were probably Irish. This is what fires my deep insights into English folk music. Its my laser like perceptive powers and refined appreciation of the aesthetic that made me realise it was rubbish.

Being Scottish would be good. I read a great article about wearing a kilt for sexual purposes in Forum once. Great people the Scottish. Such ingenuity!

the weelittledrummer came about because I was listening to Paul Brady sing Arthur Macbride at the time I was registering for Mudcat. If I'd been listening to George Formby - it might have been Mr Wu.