I took it a step further, and sent, not the whole thread, but just Marcus' original letter and Pamela Polland's reply, to Billy James, so that he can email it on to his (now grown up) son Marcus, who after all started this whole thing!! And I'm sure Billy and Marcus James will be glad to know that somewhere out there was growing up another Marcus, named after the song they inspired, and that, like them, that Marcus loves folk music too.

Mary Katherine