I appreciate your explanation. It was the process of adding songs to the Digital Tradition as much as the outcome that I was interested in understanding.
And I suppose you're right that MG is "not a traditional song', since it is of relatively recent composition. And I suppose you're also correct that, stritly speaking, MG is "not in the folk genre" since its composer is known.
Of course, the composers for other songs that are listed in the song index are known, such as the song "Strange Fruit"' that led me to this thread.
Maybe the selection of which song gets into the DT has something to do with copyright matters.
I guess things could get kind of sticky if known composers of songs didn't want the lyrics of those songs to be presented for all the world to see.
Also Joe, thanks for letting me know that there is a system on Mudcat to index the many songs that members & guests post that may or may not be incorporated into the DT.
Umm...would you share more about that system? And what, if anything, may I {and others do}to help with that system?
Or should I {and other new Mudcatters} wait to be introduced to the new index system that you mentioned is under construction?
PS.
I see you said that MG is a "darn good song"..So you weren't allowed to curse in your home either, right?