I have actually long wondered what was the position of the Rodgers & Hammerstein estate. Can they claim a royalty every time the crowd is heard singing YNWA on Match Of The Day or Sky tv? And, if so, do they? And from whom? & do Liverpool pay them anything for having the words inscribed on their gate? And, if not, why not?

You mention CND, Jim. I can claim to be the first person ever to sing The H-Bomb's Thunder, the movement's anthem, written to tune of The Miners' Lifeguard by the sf writer John Brunner, with whom I shared a Hampstead flat in 1957-58. He couldn't sing a note himself, so asked me to sing the first draft out to him to hear how it sounded. It's in DT.

~Michael~