Well, it's sure interesting. I loved this thread. All sorts of dramatis personae. Some information. I thought it was fascinating the same person had written Slowpoke and You Belong to Me.   Totally different feel to the songs--and I love both of them. I've been trying for years to get a tick-tock instrument for Slowpoke. And Chilton Price's background was classical. Wikipedia may be unreliable on some topics but on Chilton Price it sounds right.


Sure glad I didn't find look at this thread at work--would have been a terrible distraction--far too entertaining.

As far as the Kate Rusby rendition, I'd agree she drastically changed the melody--basically she watered it down substantially. Jan said she should have written her own words and it would have been fine--and Jan LOVES Kate Rusby. I like her too, a lot--saw her at Sidmouth, and she was delightful--and had great stage presence and a great band. We particularly like her song about one of her parents killing her suitor with a broom. As she said "You know how it can happen, you're in the kitchen...."


But it seems just possible that Diane Easby--if she's not just a wind-up merchant--may have overreacted.