Amazing! I'm especially fond of Tommy Makem's work. (Not just his own songs but Waltzing w/ Bears" and the others he shares. Music and the words that it carries become the provence of those who hold them dear. I've a friend who was sung to sleep to Roddy McCorley but a more peacefilled or giving person you can't find. I think it was music that has always made me want to learn to tie(?) hedges, though I never did. AS I youngster I found the idea of such a matural border unique then I ecnountered Rbt. Frosts word pictures of New England in high school. I've been away from mudcat for too long. The free flow of ideas and honesty are rain in a dry season. Thanks. (Apologies to Joyce for the creeping Stream of Consciousness. Mine doesn't flow well.)