I can't speak for others, but I prefer my folklore and folk lyrics "unvarnished and unadulterated." The unfortunate zeal of the politically correct has been at work on some of the editing. Predating this influence is Christian fundamentalism in the U.S. which seems to view any reference, however oblique, to the supernatural to be the work of the Devil. I prefer to let the listener or reader draw personal conclusions. Frankly, some of the omissions are just plain silly.