I had a think about what you guys were saying.

To be honest I think Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini is a darn sight better folksong than the entire cannon of some folksingers. In the same way that some Chuck Berry songs are.

It tells a bout how we lived in comic story. It tells about fashion and how it translated for ordinary people - and how it was fun for everybody - not just a few supermodels. It tells of the two piece swimsuit fashion. How some people thought it was immodest. It has a catchy chorus.

Contrast this with the hours you can spend in an English folk club - listening to some character drone on forever about my soldier has gone for a johnny, delivered in a voice borrowed from the village idiot, and set to a rhythm implying the entire population suffered from St Vitus Dance.

Well thats what I think.