Thomas, you seem to be saying that it is possible to write songs in imitation of other, older songs which comment on current events. If that is what you're saying, I agree, but -- who are you responding to ? Is this your way of attacking the "criterion of ignorance" (which holds that "folk" music can only be created by people who have no conception of "folk" music as a separate category) or the "criterion of illiteracy" (which holds, in its most extreme form, that no "folk" music can have any written sources in its chain of transmission) ? Or are you dealing with some other sorts of claims or assertions ?

A few examples of commentary in somewhat mythological style are collected here, e.g. "The Mudcat Came Back", and "The Ballad of Dennis Karjala".

T.