The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #83054   Message #1528126
Posted By: CapriUni
25-Jul-05 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
Subject: RE: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
... Been thinking about this...

Question: Would it be fair to say that any sentimental song, that is strongly identified in the public consciousness of being "That [Nationality] song" should be considered naff, if for no other reason than being overplayed, and sung, without generating any actual thought?

If so, than I nominate: "The Ash Grove" (Wales) "Loch Lommand" (Scotland), "Waltzing Matilda" (Australia), and "Oh, Sussanna!" (America)