G'day,

A 'folk song' lives by adapting itself to new events ... and by being accepted and sung by 'the folk'. The writer of the 'new' version ... and even the local singers of it are one the protoplasm of a possible new folksong (-version/ -variant) and may never know what they have wrought - or not!

Let's resume the discussion in 10 ... 20 ... ? years.

(And, of course, I don't ramble on Kinder ... or live in a new town that does - or whatever has re-kindled John Tams' interest in Ewan's old anthem.)

Regards,

Bob Bolton