Hmmm Yes it would, Joe, wouldn't it. Back about 10 years ago I was passing around a booklet I compiled called, "Setting the Record Straight - Who Really Wrote those Old Songs". I included songs popular on the Australian folk/bluegrass/old-timey scene that were usually mistakenly called "traditional". Most were parlour songs from the 19th century. Many of them American. Quite a few were "Carter Family songs".
At the time it was harder to find details about songs and I used a lot of old books as my references. Now with the internet it's an easier task. When I joined Mudcat I was so happy to find singers like us who cared about such things.
I do still occaisonally come up with some answers here and I post them on the thread concerned -- but that's happening less often. It's a good thing. I love being part of this community.
Yes -- though -- let's have a Carter Family song thread about who wrote the songs. OK off we go.
Cheers, Joy