I was asking a question, thanks sue allan and MGM for useful replies.
I was not sniping at anyone, only suggesting that if MacColl had written it first [which it now appears he did not] that it would in my opinion have made it unlikely that lloyd had collected a song which shared the same tune as sweet thames, particularly as Recruited Collier has only ever been collected once .
Jim you completely misread my post., which was an attempt to unravel the mystery of one of the songs Lloyd supposedly collected
Jim, you are the only person who has made an arsehole of them selves and that is you, kindly desist.