I don't want to put the cat (!) among the pigeons, for a change ; but, does the fact that A.L. Lloyd (whom I never met, and never had the privilege of hearing live, to my eternal regret) sang in a

pseudo-Australian accent in "The Overlander" make it any less valid ?

Does it really matter ?

My bezzie mate, Leigh, (a far better guitarist than I shall ever be) once criticised my playing of Anji/Angie/Angi when I admitted I could only get seven out of the eight notes in the contrapuntal 'bass run' -

"It isn't "right"'

My response was - Davy Graham ; Bert Jansch ; that abortion by Paul Simon - which is the right one ?

By analogy - shall we ever know which songs Lloyd "doctored" and which were original ?

Does it matter, anyway ?

As for Shirley Collins's comment (never heard her live either, and I'm not crying over it, believe me) - whan I first played 'Folk Roots, New Routes' at home, shortly after it was first released on vinyl, my

Mother said "For Christ's sake turn that whining bitch off".