Thanks Sean, I have Bob Pegg's from way back and have enjoyed it.

Maybe people have stopped looking for some over-arching 'theory' and just make and re-make good music from what was gathered around 100 years ago and is often dragged out of broadside collections and so on. I guess lots of songs still lie waiting in broadside collections?

An amazing number of dance tunes have been re-discovered through things like Johnny Adam's Village Music Project and I think some more through Newcastle University's Traditional Music courses.

Cheers

L in C#