Akenaton, I meant it tongue in cheek.. as many people think that Scottish songs will have been written by natives of their own culture.. getting all misty eyed about a place they lived in. In fact many songs were just written to order by writers with no connection to the area where the song was about. Its like Dark Island (Kennedy version), the original tune may have been written by a guy from South Uist, but when my father wrote the words - he only did it after seeing a TV show - and was Invernessian. Oh and the 'authentic' Scottish tune Highland Cathedral is German, but makes people all dewy eyed about Scottish culture. Bob Halfin was a London based hack 'Tin-Pan Alley' writer, who often had a case full of lyrics and songs - but in writing 'Lovely Stornoway' he came up with a classic of its genre.