well pick up a yo yo if you want - picking up a guitar comes naturally to me - others have to sort for themselves.

Yes there are few places where traditional folk is played - what are to to interpolate from this - English people do not have a tradition, they are not worthy of the great inheritance passed on to us by wise ones in the fishermans smocks - I think not.

I am remeinded of a recent interview with Martin Carthy telling us that there were two hundred songs about the battle of Waterloo and nobody knew them except him. Could it just possibly be the way they are being sung?