G'dat Mick,

Thanks for that - it seems to me that the background for the song must be from much that time. The "modernity" I refer to above may simply be something that Mike Harding injects into his performance - a way of emphasising the final line that doesn't seem like mid-19th c. performance style ... but does echo a common traditional way of ending powerful songs.

Hmmm ... case not proven ... yet!

Regards,

Bob Bolton