Meanwhile, fellow Devon pop duo Show Of Hands had got hold of another Watersons number Country Life and rewrote it so extensively that only the title remained

No, I think what really happened was that Steve Knightley of SOH saw a copy of Country Life magazine in a dentist's waiting room (well, have you ever seen one anywhere else? I haven't!) and was inspired by the expensive and opulent country homes displayed within its pages, to write the song that would enable him, one day, to live in such high style.

:-)