If people go to the musical traditional site,and seek out the atricle on Bob Lewis by VicSmith,they will see that Bob Lewis,s[Traditional singer]perspective of what is a traditional singer is different from many collectors,.
His view of what folksongs were is interesting too.
I suspect that the definition of what folksongs are that Jim Carroll gives us,was decided not by the traditional singers themselves[they were too busy enjoying singing the songs]but by academics [some of whom might have been revivalists].
Does anyone know who were the people that decided on the definition of what folk songs were[That JIM uses].Iam sure it wasnt Margaret Barry,FredJordan,etc.