And yet folk songs in all their rich and varied forms can have an impact on many people...think of the Irish rugby crowds singing The Fields of Athernry [have i got that title right? ] or the Scottish rugby crowd singing Flower of Scotland as the scottish team walked out onto the pitch at Murrayfield in 1990.Two folk songs and two which have become the peoples national anthem....here in Wales we have ended up with Delilah which only goes to show that life is full of contradictions !
albert