surely the association with the war came about because it became a well known and popular song prior to the conflict and the rest is history

Bill's song as immortalised by June Tabor on Anthology is a history study of the time

he kindly obliged I by singing it on the opening evening of our folk club in 1999. It used to take him 11 minutes but he's got it down to 7 and a half so he claims.

In all honesty Steve you'ld be better off getting it up on youtube.

Good luck , look forward to hearing it performed by the author or by a reputable singer