Thank you for the puff, Al. Two of the tracks on my Youtube channel, Band Played Wltzg Mtlda & Farewell To The Land are indeed non-traditional; but written by singers themselves steeped in, & experienced performers of, traditional song -- which, as I have often said [eg in my article on The Folk Revival in The Cambridge Guide To Literature In English, where I cite Ewan MacColl, Cyril Tawney, Peter Bellamy, Bob Pegg, Peter Coe as examples], pass & fit fairly smoothly into the context of traditional performance.

How much 'support', to be established by counting of heads, my views may attract is of no concern to me; I am reasonably confident in my judgments, as they affect my own tastes and practices. I daresay Jim might feel much the same. I repeat, for the umpteenth time: in a free country there is no bar to anyone calling anything they wish to 'folk', any more that I can be prevented from saying my cat is a dog if so minded; but [& so ad ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞........]. Why anyone should wish to is another ?, which nobody has so far answered to my satisfaction. Why, once again Al, do you want to call your songs folksongs, & the places you habitually perform them in, folk clubs? I really do ask purely for info and satisfaction of curiosity. Like that guy in Dickens I am always citing, "I do want to know, you know".

All best
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