"Oh, obviously not as good as you, Sweeney. "
And not as good as whoever was singing on the archive recording, it would seem - Harry Cox maybe, Jeannie Robertson, Sam Larner.... - all desperately in need of comfort and support from the joiners-inners.
This really is a piss-poor argument Richard - wouldn't stand up in court.
Taking your own cue, it could be claimed your own attitude to be "Who do these arrogant pratts think they are if they imagine he can sing their songs without my help".
I'm sure this isn't what you mean - or is it; your consistant refusal to qualify your argument leads me to believe that perhaps it is.
Jim Carroll