If you're suggesting that, had it not been for the Folk Revival, traditional song and music would be part of the English cultural mainstream, you're in fantasy land.

Maybe I am at that, Brian - but sometimes it's nice to dream - to wonder how things might have been... I am, however, a realist. And in any case, with but few exceptions, my love of Traditional English Speaking Folk Song in no way endears me to what is done in the name of The Revival, and I'm sure I'm not alone in that.