I think it's time for the grovelling and shamefaced apologies mentioned in an earlier posting. I have just reread some info that I received from McGrath of Harlow. It now seems to me, despite what I posted a few minutes ago, that I was wrong in all senses of the word. There seems to be good reason for believing that Johnny Horton was not responsible for the racist songs that I came across. I am really annoyed with myself and I'm more than grateful to McGrath of Harlow for pulling me up on this. He made the effort to check some facts, which, of course, is what I should have done. My apologies to all of you. And to Johnny Horton.

And now I can listen to "North to Alaska" with a cheerful mind.

While writing out one thousand times "I will be more careful in future"