Typo in the first sentence. Sorry. It won't let me edit.

I'd like that "don't need permission" from whoever currently owns the rights. Nowhere that I can find is there a link to the publisher or who, in his family, might hold the current rights. Since he write it in 1967 but didn't release the song until later, I don't want to trust that it's now public domain. We believe is paying for what we use if we can find out who it is.

Barb