Come on, lets keep the discussion civil. Whatever past differences you have, is it necessary to draw them into a conversation?

I have heard some of the same points that Captain Birdseye was making - that Sharp turned "The Keeper" from song that dealt with rape to a song that was about hunting. Sharp is not the only collector accused of altering songs to meet their own moral standards.

My confusion with the Captain's comments is that I do not understand the point he was making about Barings Gould and also why is Sharps re-interpretation of the song different from what a contemporary musician, say Bruce Springsteen, is doing.   Both altered the songs to reach audiences of their times.