Great to have Stan Kelly call in here (nine years since the last time) and disprove all the posts in here using the past tense about him.

I'd think having anybody assume a song is traditional is the highest honour a songmaker in the folk tradition could have. But I agree "get told off" is lame. The Lottery instead of Littlewoods makes sense though, since the Football Pools are a distant memory and not even that for most people.

Googling Kelly-Bootle brings up some great stuff. I recommend it, especially in Stan doesn't hang around here.