"When i use the phrase Carroll Codswallop, i am not abusing "
Then you need to invest in a dictionary Dick
Forget it
"It must be a clever bit of music to be many things to many people :-)"
As is The Flight of the Bumblebee - doesn't make it a candidate for a folk night
"So there is ONLY Traditional folk song"
Folk refers to the people who made it, made it their own within communities until the original maker is forgotten or has become insignificant and freely passed it on without restrictions for others to do the same
If that still happens, there is contemporary folk music
If it doesn't, there is no contemporary folk music as we have become passive recipients of our culture
If we're lucky, there will be plenty of songs made using the unique structure of folk song, but a glance above suggests that that's not going to happen very soon
Jim Carroll