Dido Bendigo is a clearly a hunting song, so there's no question about it. However, the link between blacking up for morris and minstrelsy is not proved, in my opinion. I've set out my reasons before and I won't repeat them, and if some actual evidence of cause and effect can be produced then I'll be glad to reconsider.

Why is blacking up seen as offensive? Because of the assumption that it ridicules black people. But if it is not ridiculing black people, then it is mistaken to be offended by it. If someone nevertheless is offended by it then I regret that but I won't apologise, and I hope they accept that I may be offended at their assumption that it's racist.

Rather than everyone being so ready to take offence, maybe we should all accept each other's traditions as they are and focus on addressing the evil of racism where it actually exists.