"Still hoping your surgery went well! "
Sorry aen - forgot to thank you for your enquiry - it went excellently
Can't dance yet - but I never could!

"been written on this song seems muddled when you dig into the background. "
I agree totally
As you may have noticed, I am not a strong suscriber to the growing claim that most of our folksongs originated in print - I've experienced so many examples of song-making, particularly in rural Ireland and among Travellers, that any of our folk-songs might have made their way into print eventually
Our non-literate Traveller ballad singer described to us how that was practically carried out.
I believe that many printed versions are comparable to photographs of a race-hore part-way through a race

The notes for the website were a response to al st minute request by the librarians who, while they were in a hurry to put up the songs before their bosses changed their minds about allowing the site, thought it would benefit from song annotations - I annotated around five hundred songs in a couple of weeks - - not an excuse, just a reason
I tend to be a little over sensitive on such things.

I think one of the most significant remarks about the song was that made by Walter Pardon who underlined the reluctance on the part of some singers to sing songs on such singers
Best wishes
Jim