Sorry, George - I was probably being a bit dense there!

"And by the way, I also believe that the folk process is not dead, but it continues working (see related thread of a couple of months ago) and in time it will produce more "folk" songs."

You could well be right but, with my sceptical scientist's hat on, I think it needs more study and observation to be sure.

By the way, did you write that song called 'Johny Don't Go Walking in the Sea' (hope I've got the right person)? Now that is a cracking song - not a folk song yet, of course, because it hasn't been through 'the process' - but brilliant, all the same!