Assuming this thread isn't just a wind-up, it's worth stating that the answer to the original question is clearly 'no'. Although Bert Lloyd did tinker with several songs (discussed here already at length), his 'improvements' represent a very small fraction of the traditional repertoire. And, even if you accept Harker's agenda and dodgy scholarship, he didn't actually live up to his catchy title by demonstrating substantial fakery of material. The Voice of the People CDs (and personal memories of individual traditional singers) are a useful antidote to this kind of nonsense.
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