Long ago and far away, Makem and the Clancys published a book of "their" songs (Oak Publications) which was top heavy with "arranged, adapted" type coyrights.

It just so happens that Sing Out! Magazine called their bluff on South Australia, noting that their "version" was note for note, word for word, and in the SAME key that MacColl and Lloyd had recorded it on the LP, "Blow Boys, Blow."

Copyrighting trad songs is not far removed from burning books - Tom