"Christ traced his lineage through Joseph to David." But she was already pregnant when she was married off to poor old Joe? I always knew the only miracle of the virgin birth was that anyone believed her.

It's an odd sort of song to find in a book of bothy ballads. was it collected somewhere near that chapel that belonged to the Templars?

But, their religious lunacy aside, the story of the Hospitallers' defence of Malta in 1565 is a real swashbuckler. Helped by the fact that the commander on each side had once been a galley slave in the other's fleet. It would make a great film, if it isn't one already.