"The grey area is the modern tune composed in the trad manner."

This is what i was referring to. And while it may be true that "any fool can do it" (I don't know as I am not a musician), the tune has to be of pretty good quality to be picked up by others and enter the wider session canon.


"Writng a song that can pass for traditional with an experienced folkie: now, that is a very very difficult art indeed!"

Maybe it's just that not that many people have tried, as there are different expectations and parameters around song than there are around tune-playing. Bert Lloyd was pretty good at it!