The Young Tradition version is far from "raucous"--it's only the natural edge in Peter's voice that may give that illusion; rather, it was appropriately spirited and the harmonies were tight. The lack of backing allowed the singers more lattitude to vary the rhythm and expression as needed. Listening to their rendition, even if you knew no English, you'd have a good idea what they were singing about, and you'd get some feeling of authenticity in the delivery. One can learn a lot about what to do and not do listening to such "raucous" performances.