In which case, thank Christ for The Folk Police!

One minute you're all raging about the sanctity of the 1954 Definition and the next your rubbishing the very songs you have elected to be custodians of. What a truly pityful of affairs. Still, I shall redouble mine own efforts with respect of Vigilance and Pedantry in such matters and make sure the next time I hear someone singing a Traditional Folk Song they can quote chapter and verse on its provenance.

Be warned, the Volkspolizei are listening in!

Seriously, do what you want, but to do so in the name of The Tradition or the Folk Process is, to borrow one of Richard's words, asinine.