Adam MacNaughtan told me that John decided not to sing his verse about the midgie, as it is entomologically incorrect- the female midgie is the biter.
John was a regular visitor to our sessions at the House o Hill pub in Glentrool, Galloway a few years ago, before it became a restaurant. He went off one day to Colmonell village, a few miles north to search out his roots. I've know him for 46 years, but that he has been very ill for years now, but have lost touch with his partner Biff, who kept us informed.
The song 'Let me lie in Gallowa' is typical of his sense of humour- it is indeed one of John's (or Jack's as he is generally called by his friends) songs- think he called it the 'Wife o' the Garngad'