Thanks for all the excellent info, Malcolm. The text in the Dixon collection is very close to the one I remember, so I suspect that was close to the source for that version. From reading the old thread (thanks for finding it!), I wonder if I heard the Nic Jones version. I don't know Nic Jones, but I recall the singer was a man with a rather high, sweet voice. And I'd also suspect that the Alan Burke version mentioned by Hilary was taken from the one I heard. Sure wish I still had the tape.

But, Malcolm..."seriously intended"? Moi? Thou hast wrongly taken my merry meaning, sir! (I guess the Noel Paul Stookey phrase "nasty unscrupulous modifier" wasn't clear enough!) I was hoping to find just the kind of "addenda" that Jeri and Charley came up with. Thanks!

Aloha,
Mark