dick greenhaus - I'm not familiar with Stanley Robertson but if the song is the one I'm thinking of, it is a very compelling write. My favorite version of it however, would be from The Old Blind Dogs, with Jim Malcolm doing the vocals. I've wanted to do the song and even told Jim last year that I simply can't because the words bring me to tears and the storyline just breaks my heart - so I leave it for others to sing.

With the above written, however, I would have to submit Loreena McKennitt doing, "The Highwayman." I had the night available and wanted to attend her concert in Dallas a while back but even the cheap seats were a bit too much; but, it would be tough to beat her doing that song.

Now, finally, with all that being written, I heard Betsy McGovern at the Mississippi Celtic Festival last year singing, "The Lakes Of Ponchartrain" and I almost passed out - I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Check her out if you haven't heard her. Cheers.