'Simon's 'Farewell'

Carthy had a habit of taking american folksingers under his wing, and he taught simon several songs. Simon would later record that arrangement without crediting carthy, and this would lead several decades of bad blood between them. Ray harper has talked in liner notes to se re issues of his work from this period about how simon used to regularly be a guest in his home. Similarly, Simon started a writing partnership with bruce woodley of the seekers, an australian folk pop band based in the best known for georgie girl,. The two wot red rubber ball became a hit for the circleaontiete.