but he was still pleasing his crowd , the crowd that had turned up to see Walter Pardon the traditional singer who sang old ballads that had been in his family.WalterPardon could never have hacked it as margaret Barry did as a busker on the streets.
Walter was promoted and audiences turned up to see him   on the rare occasions he sang in folk clubs and folk festival. HE PLEASED HIS CROWD BY SINGING WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF HIM.
BobDavenport and JimBainbridge do the same but they are carrying on the attitude of the traveller tradtional singers [who you collect from] of singing songs on the basis of whether the song is a good song, rather than its classification., or the 1954 . CheckMate and fuck off