Completely barking mad you are, Pip. Now did I ever tell you of my great uncle, Blind Willie Higginthorpe, the only Lancashire coal mining blues man. Used to play the blues on spoons and paper and comb because he thought he was black? No? Ah well, another time maybe...

Yes, anyway, I think you are quite right. CE had a French wife or partner who used to translate for him so I do believe a lot of his Brel stuff was done in English. I do remember though him taking the Mount in Fleetwood by storm. I am not so sure if it was because he did 'The port of Amsterdam', in French, with choreography, or because the singaround had actualy finished two hours earlier. I suppose we will never know.

Cheers

Dave