"simply take Bert's words with a pinch of salt, "
I think that what I've put up sows that would be unwise Steve
You can't keep lobbing stones until one of them finds its mark
Lat's face it - some people are making outrageous claimsof song otigins with litle knowledge of the oral tradition earlier than the beginning of the 20th century
I think the phrase is "innocent until proven guilty - we've done away with the "not proven" verdict as unreliable
Jim