Truth in Folk Songs

[watervole]

I'm not very keen on Steve Knightly, even though he's a very talented singer - and here's one reason why.  He edits history, in his songs.
I once went to a workshop he was running and he expressed surprise that many people had gone to visit a particular church yard because he'd added a line to a song saying that a particular person was buried there

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[reapermum]

I was only aware of the Lynmouth overland launch, but the Whitby one sounds more difficult because of the snow.