Jez Lowe was mentioned early on. There's a song at the back of my mind from one of his albums which I've been struggling to remember. Age, stupidity and the drink don't help at such times.

The chorus was something like:

When the sun is hanging in the sky
Hours are long, long are the sighs
Down in the darkness where we lie
Passing our life away

I seem to remember it starting as:

Times are hard, days are long
I wish I was a rich man's son

Another verse is:

If I was a sailor, I'd sail the main
And rob the ships from France and Spain
And if we lost, perhaps we'd gain
For the French might raise our pay

I'll have to dig out the (vinyl) album and check it out.

Lhiats,

Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin