Sorry for delay in response - just got our power supply back after two days absence still blinking at the light.
Hi Derek
The last e-mail I sent you (t an extremely stressful time) remains the same - would be delighted to get the article
Marcus,
The text I put up for Mowing Match is the one I got from Ewan - if it didn't come from Becket, I have no idea where it came from.
It's unlikely that Ewan reworked it as he never sang it - maybe Ruskin can shed some light on it.
Brian;
Ewan had recorded Famous Flower on one of the three albums of Child Ballads he did for Folkways - the tune caught his fancy then and he began to use it for numerous songs.
When Peggy produced The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook she contacted us for suggestions for the sources of his tunes; it was than I began to see how he worked his tunes, though I was present at several of his 'humming sessions.
Must go and help warm the bloody house up
Jim Carroll