yes indeed... we should all sing the praises of good music and there are many fine songs and tunes from England and the rest of the UK or British Isles or however you wish to put it...

as an American of multi-national heritage ( mongrel you might say) I don't always pay close attention to which culture produced a fine song or tune. Sorry, but there are lumpers and there are splitters and I tend to lump more than I split.

I've learned many fine songs from old Topic records - usually on maritime music and I enjoy listening to folks like Alistair Anderson and Brian Peters - both live and well thank god - or old recordings of Bob Roberts or Bert Lloyd.

We have more than a few expatriots over here on this side of the pond from all over the UK & Ireland and I regret that I've only made the trip over there once. Hopefully, will make it over again.

PS: a big plus for English songs is that I don't have to learn a new language to be able to sing.... sorry, warped humor making an appearance... but I'm trying to learn a song done by Llan de Cubel and I am acutely aware of how little I know of proper pronunciation in non English languages.