...are you sure you are not using modern day vernacular to explain a problem that doesn't exist?

Harry was born and raised in Camberwell. One of the pubs on the Old Kent Road was the Dun Cow. I can remember it being there. It is now a doctor's surgery. He was noted as being inspired by the things around him to write his songs, so maybe the pub did actually have a fire and that gave him the idea!

Let Mcintyre be whoever you want him to be. Harry left no clue in the words he wrote. Like all songs that have become popular around the world, many extra verses, characters and tweaks have been added.

I bet Harry would chuckle at this thread!

Best wishes,

Peter