EBarnacle... exactly. When a guy who actually wrote a song has it sung to him as 'traditional', it is kind of a compliment, but disturbing that so many singers have tunnel vision and just don't bother.

I heard 'Scarborough Fair' on the radio at work once, and when I said something about being surprised to hear it, two young guys said, "Don't you know that one? That's by Simon & Garfunkel" and wouldn't believe me that the original was a couple hundred years old. I had to bring in an old book and show them.

Their version is pretty and listenable, but they never made an effort to clarify things.