In a post on 17th Feb Jim states WP only constructed a song using printed materials once. He accused me of 'making things up' when I said there was more than one such occasion. I cited Jim himself as the source of my information. I haven't finished searching through my notes, but I may as well share what I found so far, all quotations from Jim/Jim and Pat. The key words in the quotations are 'some' and 'several'. Also 'friends' which would indicate more than just Mike Yates. Also 'books and broadsheets'.

It is one of the ironies of Mudcat that one tends to get reprimanded by Jim for repeating what Jim has said.

I do make mistakes (nothing ventured, nothing gained) but I feel entitled to respond to that particular insult.

So here are the quotations, with dates:

Written 1996
‘he managed to complete from texts some half-known songs in later years…’

Posted 2007
Most of his songs were intact, but those that weren't he filled out from printed texts given to him by friends in the revival. This 'filling in' was done extremely tastefully; that's why, I believe, they are so good. Probably 'Dark Arches' is the best example of these, which he had as 2 verses and a chorus.

Posted Nov 2019
Walter had only fragments and tunes of several songs so he put them together from books and broadsheets, for example ‘Rakish Young Fellow’ and ‘Down by the Dark Arches’.

Not mediated? Not half!