I know folk all about poetry or poems set to music, but 3 things in the above caught my attention:
Did Phil Ochs do The Highmayman in its entirity? Must have been a very long track. When I was young (going back nearly half a century now), my mother would recite (from memory) the poem to me when I was going to sleep, and her voice would go all quivvery (sp?) at the "her finger moved in the moonlight; her musket shattered the moonlight and warned him with her death" point. I can still recite it (and do) from memory to my kids now, though they're getting a bit old for it.

Secondly: Alex Atterson. When, in a previous existence, I lived in Peterborough, he was a reasonable regular guest at the folk club. He was the first personI heaver heard singing Sammy's Bar. I've not come across him since, but am sorry to hear he's no longer with us. Did he make any recordings? Thirdly: Vachel Lindsay. I don't think anyone could sing The Congo nowadays. The PC thought police wouldn't allow it, I'm sure. I have a vague feeling that he was the author of The Santa Fe Trail that Peter Bellamy used to sing. Can anyone confirm that, please?