There's a v. interesting BBC documentary called "The Lion's Trail" which follows the genesis of the song in an effort to see where the royalties went astray. Worth seeing if you get the chance.
oh, neat! I hadn't heard of that. It would have been useful for a paper I wrote in college on copyright issues in folk music, using this case (as well as some of Cecil Sharp's modified-collected songs and something else I don't remember) as examples.
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And yes, it's sort of a study of cultural differences and assumptions and whatnot.