14 AUGUST 1959, Page 22

Stu,—Robert Kee displays a remarkable talent for memorising ballad stanzas.

What a great pity this facility does not extend to retention of their author's identity.

At a time when I am 'to the pin of my collar' seeking publicity, he doesn't mention that I wrote the song 'The Patriot Game,' the title of which he uses for his article on Mr. Bennett's The Black and Tans.

His review is excellent. So good that I'm pleased to have my work mentioned in dispatches. However, you will readily understand such a position—though it might please me—is not much good for business.

I have often received notice as the brother of someone or other. Let us sincerely pray that no one is going to suggest that my work is responsible unto its own self.—Yours faithfully, 25a Alidmoor Road, SW 12

DOMINIC BEHAN