'I wish I could shake off the feeling that some people don't want the country singers to have made their songs - even though some people have conceded (or paid lip service to the fact that they were able to do so' (JC)

How many times do we have to state that we all believe implicitly that country people are well capable of making songs? We haven't CONCEDED anything. We have said this from the off and have given plenty of examples on numerous occasions.

There is nothing special about the art of the broadside writer. There is an enormous range of ability there, ranging from very poor to excellent, as there is in just about any genre.

So Hawkesbury river and Australia are not reference points then?