I don't have a dog in this fight, but I have to agree with Tattie Bogle, the ad hominem and innuendo kind of spoil the fun:

"Wrong side of 60," "Chinese ears," "I think you simply can't admit you're wrong. Not a very healthy trait. Interesting," "I'm beginning to think too much exposure to folk music dulls a person's reasoning faculties," "a number [sic] of Mudcat posters live in a 'folk bubble' and need to get out . . . more..."

And

"What is now interesting, is why posters [sic] are resisting the fact that the Zoo song will undoubtedly be Tom's most well known song.
Is it because they don't want to acknowledge that Tom's main lasting legacy will be a "silly" children's song and not one of his great love songs or social comment songs[?]"

I do take issue with this: Even though the Zoo Song is the most sung and best known Paxton song, it does not follow that it will be his "lasting legacy." Chuck Berry's sole million-seller was "My Ding-a-ling," and as a popular bawdy party song, it was probably sung all the way through by more people, if not performers, than any other.

But basically I don't get the irritation: If it's a matter of opinion, then everyone gets one vote, right? If it's a matter. of fact, then why sweat others' mistakes? It's like getting worked up at someone's incorrect spelling or punctuation.