I can see there are some very appropriate songs here, so thank you all. I should have thought of ae fond kiss,and the songs mentioned by saulgoldie, and have remembered The road to drumleman, and In the Shanendoa Valley. The words above miss so much when parted from the music, and its difficult to feel how melancholy they might be, however Ill take note of the titles and the artists recordings, and hope to make their aquaintance along the road. Many thanks so far.