Definition of folk song ???

For what purpose ?

Who would it be intended for ...

Academics, Archivists, Researchers ?

Schoolkids eagerly finding out about and downloading various forms of music on the internet ?

Older music fans with a serious addiction for discovering all kinds of performers,
who have been happily enjoying whatever takes their fancy for decades,
without ever being too bothered by how the 'experts' classify it ?

A mass of the population with no real lasting care or concern for any kind of music whatsoever,
who might not be the slightest bit curious about what it is they are completely ignoring.. ?


Yeah.. ok, definitions can be handy.. but ........