"One guy said that's not how that song goes!" (I corrected your punctuation)... : )

Oh Kendall - How often have I heard that in singarounds....? worst of all, was the chap who said it to me about a song I'd written to an old tune! He heard the first line, recognised the tune and promptly sang loudly (and badly) the original version all the way through. I do believe I interrupted him and asked him to do me the courtesy of actually listening to what I was singing before joining in.

As for reading the words - as discussed elsewhere on this forum - some people can remember things. I can't. I can remember the tune or the words, not both. The book is there as a standby and I'm not the only one who uses a 'comfort book'... as someone above said - if Martin Carthy can do it, so can us lesser mortals!

LTS