Thank you Bryan - despite my early-morning crankiness, I'm flattered.
As I said, it's no more than an offer at present, and very much dependent on whather we want to spend our declining years producing collections for what appear to us to be a rapidly declining audience for what little we have to offer.
Re 'designated folk contexts' - does this mean that a song sung at one club can be regarded as a 'folk song' and not at another?
Why do I keep expecting a dormouse to emerge from the teapot and a white rabbit to peer at his pocket watch and tell me he's late?
Jim Carroll