Oh Hilary - I've just got back from the National where I heard Louis Killen sing a superb version of "The Leaving of Liverpool" It's NOT necessarily the song but how it's sung (although I do make an exception for that truly awful Fields of. . ..) By the way does anyone know just how many tunes The Wild Rover can be sung to ? Some friends were once requested to 'do' it in a session - after 24 versions, including the Laughing Policeman, it was equally enthusiastically unrequested. I recommend this policy