I don't know how I've managed to miss Anne Briggs until now in my decades of interest in British Isles folk music. This 2007 interview was linked to on another forum and led me to check Youtube, where it appears the majority of songs from her albums "The Time Has Come" and "Sing A Song For You" have been posted.

I'm wonderin in particular about the song "Living by the Water" - any info on who wrote it?