We can go into all the rights and wrongs of trad, but all statements are that of the individual, songs that tradpiper, sings or learns, from the same type of source as me , cpould well be totally different either in content or musical accompaniment(sorry cant spell it) dependant on who is passing the song on and from what area, sadly at our place it seems im now the last one interested in the old ways an the old songs, its a sad thing to say but none of us is getting younger, the younger generation are rarely interested in the songs or the music or listening to stories that have been past down, as far as i am concerned i dont care who wrote it just how it sounds and the words the rights and wrongs can go whistle, if you are beating yourself up about timing speed right words or its only folk if you sing through your nose, well what can i say, romany traveller songs change from person to person, have bits added or taken out, the tunes change, so if you in kent the broomdasher song sounds one way but when i heard it at stow it was totally different, whos right kent or stow, my point is does it matter.