See also:

TIREE LOVE SONG. The DT entry: 1997. Described as "From the collection of Andrew Draskoy". The writers of tune and lyric are not credited.

Tyree Love Song. Forum thread, 1999-2002. Includes writer credits and Hugh Roberton's lyric; plus an unrelated Gaelic text that mentions Tiree.

Shirley Collins learned the song "from an unknown NZ soldier" according to sleeve notes. She was young, and seems to have assumed that it was a traditional song; as many did at that time (though there may also have been some who just didn't want to pay royalties to the writers). The words were changed a little, but weren't old and were still in copyright. Hugh Roberton only died in 1952.

"Spot"'s words are Roberton's with some mis-hearings incorporated.