Hey, kid, your title components for this thread are, in themselves, quite incompatible. Like matter and anti-matter---they disqualify, negate, eradicate, annihilate and effectively obliterate each other. I really don't mean any disrespect. Many here would agree with you that what you've written are folksongs. And those folks know (or should know) that my tongue is firmly lodged in my cheek when I said what I did. All I can say is PLEASE try to look up (at some point in your searching) for the academic meanings of the study of folksongs over the last several centuries. Very few folksongs are new songs.

I mean this to be taken with good humor and a real hope that you might discover the treasure trove that delving into the depths of musical history can be. And the best of luck with your career in music. I really do mean that. I hope sincerely that you will be the very next Bob Dylan or Madonna!

Art Thieme