I was going to stay away but. Joe the last time I went to a song circle it was turn to page this & turn to page that & would you like to borrow a copy to read your self, no I'm sorry I came to sing with the rest of you, but I got sung at instead, there was debate as to how the song should be played because it's written here in C #, & could I please keep my voice down when singing sea shanties. I've been to a few different singing circles (not sessions or hoots), & every time it's the same stuff from the same people from the same book from the same station. I have nothing against RUS, it should have a disclaimer (it's not the bible) it's not folk, it's not the only & correct source, it should be titled Fake Book & it should be dedicated to those that spent years collecting music so it wouldn't die from obscurity & read by those that choose to read from it's pages to others & lay low the process of passing on a tradition. It is not the book but the singer, it is not the gun but the shooter & I'm am not the criminal but the victim. When after 2 or 3 yrs the same people sing the same stuff from the same pages, I would think that they should no longer need to look at the written word or would move on to another source or oh no a new & better than new RUs. Here goes another very long rebuttle. Barry