Good Soldier, I am not disputing a certain level of ignorance of the English tradition. I am disputing accusations of deliberate misrepresentation by people who aren't ignorant. People trying to pass off English songs as Irish songs, in full knowledge that they are English, because they are anti-English bigots, is just not realistic.

I am prepared to believe that you have encountered people who have expressed surprise upon hearing of the existence of an English tradition, but how does that equate to bigotry? Are you saying they continue to deny it in front of living proof? I find that hard to believe.

Of course prejudice exists in general. But the specific accusation of widespread deliberate misrepresentation of English songs made in this discussion remain unproven.