I do consider that Dark as The Dungeon,and Working Man I am ,have entered the tradition.WLD is right[imo].
Greg Stephens,by giving two examples,of dylan songs which he recoreded early in his career ,proves nothing apart from that I should have phrased my remark more carefully[DYLAN99 percent ,of the time, does not record songs by other composers,apart from early in his career and then it was only occassionally].
if youdont believe me, re Farewell to the Gold contact PaulMetsers the songs author.
The folkscene is 90 percent middle class.,and some of the attitudes of folkies are contrived and snobbish and precious,this to me has been illustrated by some of the contributors on this thread.