I first heard A L Lloyd at a concert in CS House in the early fifties,singing with MacColl, Seamus Ennis and Jean Ritchie. Wonderful to hear them all in one place and at one time -- a first time in every way for me. I had heard very little native folksong and I was bewitched by Lloyd's voice and manner. He had a disarming way of stopping a song after the first line, saying 'Too high' and starting again. I find the present arguments interesting, but nothing will ever erase the memory of that evening.