When i was running uxbridge folk club I booked leon rosselson on a number of occasions. I asked if he minded if i sang it,he didnt -which goes to show at least leon has a sense of humor if you dont on this particular matter. I have sang it many times as it is a cracking song. the point of the post, which you seemed to have missed, is that something taken out of context can be taken differntly dependoing of the view point of the individual and there are more views than just yours which are equally deserving of respect.

robb Johnson, a singer songer writer you have said you have liked in other threads, is a friend of mine as well not only have I sung his songs in the middle bar in fact he came down and sang his own songs in the middle bar when he was booked at sidmouth folk festival. if its good enough for him...

but i digress, aside from you having no sense of humour on the subject of revolutionary songs or knowledge of a particular session,you should know better than to accuse me of not knowing my subject,i have, albeit immodestly, mentioned before my first degree is in Politcs and modern history. one module (12 week course)was Skocpols theory of revolutions, which while concentrating of french chinese and russion revolutions other academics uses the english revolution and groups such as the diggers to criticise her arguments which i made extensive reading when refuting her theory.

I dont mind the fact that you are passionate about your own views but it is a bit ironic IMHO that you dont want to allow others to have theirs if they disagree with you

and to get back to the point of this thread i thought sidmnouth was great this year. Mike