Hooray Sol- you're spot on! All this arguing about the nature & definitions of a folk song is OK- people always enjoy a POLITE discussion about it & good luck to you all. I'll continue to enjoy and perform ANY song which takes my fancy - whether it's in line with some other bugger's definition does not concern me- I've always found most folk clubs are a very welcoming place for all varieties of music & I've never been told 'that wasn't folk'- or maybe folkies are just a polite section of society? An eminent 'folk' reviewer once said this in a review of one CD I did.... 'Jim just sings the songs he likes' - so what's the alternative?- think I know what the reviewer meant but a lot could be read into that as a reference to the folk scene....
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