Incidentally
MacColl's name appeared on the OP posting and two others mentioned him before I did
If you are going to discuss 'contemporary folk songs', why should the 300 odd he wrote be out of bounds ?
You have participated fully in the ensuing discussion - why should it be me who is pursuing it
And by what authority should you decide what it permissable on somebody elses thread - if I did it I'd be one of the fopolkie boys in blue !!!
Jim Carroll