I wonder if the huns/sons controversy is due to an oral tradition, and the result of an auditory mistake. If the song was passed from performer to performer without the aid of written lyrics, the words could have been interpreted incorrectly.

But if you have songs that say croppies lie down and kick the pope, then you get songs about stangers stealing an old woman's jewels and fields, and about cowardly yeoman being put to flight.

Music and poetry are about emotion.