What Roy Harper wrote or sang in a song has no bearing on whether or not he is guilty of child abuse. However revolting or creepy the song's lyrics might be.

Roy Harper's been accused on nine counts of sexually assaulting the same girl, beginning when she was 12. The post above seems to be dangerously close to suggesting that, even if he's guilty of it, there are circumstances in which that could be considered acceptable, or a least retrospectively considered acceptable "back in the 70s".

This is all academic now anyway. Even if Roy Harper is pronounced innocent, his career is over. Can you really see any UK festivals booking him ever again? Can you really see any record labels wanting to put out new material? From that point of view, that odious song suddenly becomes relevant. Nobody's gonna touch him with a bargepole now.