'There is an expression down here among musicians in the South that applies. "Nobody knows how famous I am".'

LOL well that's certainly true :-)

Thanks for the comments everyone, looks like there are quite a few of you making folk songs work for non-folkies so that's certainly encouraging!

I haven't needed the gum-shields yet, but the mandolin can always be used to bat things away if needs be :-)

Regards, John.