I'd like to respond Henry, but Dick is right, it's thread drift.
Good subject though, maybe start your own thread.
Back to this subject.
The folk revival is totally artificial.We have spent hours on end singing and listening to folk music,at folk clubs, sessions, singarounds and festivals etc.When we're not listening live we play CDs, youtube and such.It's little wonder we get tired of some songs
Traditional singers/musicians never had so much music.They would never hear the songs and tunes as often as we do. For long enough songs were sung in the home with family and neighbours, occasionally.