"still the sky's been clear of Jimbulocarrolonimbus of late,"
I lurked on the offchance that something more than smug self-abuse emerged from those who would re-write the guidebook - it didn't, so I didn't bother.
Any credit for 'Come To The Hiring' goes entirely to Jamsie McCarthy and his like - as you rightly say "the pure drop"; though I'm not sure what they would have made of:
"Blues, Shanties, Kipling, Cicely Fox Smith, Musical Hall, George Formby, Pop, County, Dylan, Cohen, Cash, Medieval Latin, Beatles, Irish Jigs and Reels, Scottish Strathspeys, Gospel, Rock, Classical Guitar, Native American Chants, Operatic Arias and even the occasional Traditional Song and Ballad."
Nope - I'm lying - I know exactly what they would have made of it.
Jim Carroll