ummm...perhaps I should mail you my list of the ones that SHOULD be lost. 3\4 of all the Woodie Guthrie songs are 'interesting' only because Woodie wrote them.Red River Dave, who wrote "The Ballad of Amelia Earhart", wrote many songs, most of which are mere curiosities. The mind boggles to imagine all the songs of history which were just so bad that no one wanted to pass them on.(Sure, we probably lost a few good ones, too).

So, Bert, I will keep singing, as will anyone who loves music, but I really hope many songs do NOT survive, except as texts and, in a few cases,recordings,to remind us WHY no one sings them. (Yes, I know-tastes differ...so you sing all the ones I don't.. *wink*)