Art, Glad you mentioned Chirps. He is indeed a treasure trove of old tunes and a fine and vigorous player. Having spent a lot of time at his house when we were all playing in The More the Merrier for Christmas shows, I found that Chirps also had a huge interest in field recordings of the old ballad singers as well. He sings a great version of Froggy Went a courtin' and the Volos in concert did a great number of songs, besides the tunes. Margaret and I were over at this house once where he was playing Vivaldi string quartets, followed by Mississippi fiedl fiddlers, followed by Seamus Enis playing the Uillean pipes. I always contend, he liked the "real stuff" in folk whether it were intstrumental or vocal.