Bald Eagle,

In this case I think 'uncle' is reference to someone who was a close friend of the family in her childhood rather than a biological relationship.

I completely understand what you're saying about Wild Goose. I remember when, having loved it live, a 30 second sample appeared on her web site. I spent ages with some digital audio editing software to repeat bits to make it longer - I'm not really obsessive, honest.

I personally much prefer the live version issued on the Cowsong CD single. 5 pounds for 3 songs may seem expensive, but I think they are Kate at her best, and well worth the money.

Regarding Wild Goose - did (do) you sing it with the chorus (refrain) that Kate uses? None of the printed / recorded versions that I've found contain it.

As to why it's so wonderful - talent, I guess

Looking at my earlier post about Kate's guitar tuning and chords, I made a mistake. Her tuning is DADGBD, the chord shapes she tends to use are (bottom string first) 550000, 220000, 032010 (a C shape) 054030 (C shape moved up 2 frets) She does of course use a capo a lot, and obviously doesn't restrict herself to those 4 chords. It should give any budding Katie an idea.

It's a lovely tuning, I can particularly recommend it as a good starting point if you want to sing lullabies to your kids.

Clare