New York Mining Disaster 1941

I don't know about classing it as a "f*lksong" but it is certainly rooted in a tradition and Mr Carthy does it (and recorded it on Signs Of Life. Mind you, he's also recorded Rave On, Your Baby 'As Gorn Down The Plughole, My Girl, Hen's March To The Middens, The Harry Lime Theme, Heartbreak Hotel, Hong Kong Blues, I Haven't Told Her She Hasn't Told Me, dozens of Leon Rosselson compositions as well as songs by Gilbert O'Sullivan, Sydney Carter, Leon Rosselson, Dave Goulder, Peter Bellamy, Richard Thompson, David Halton, Mike Waterson, Tommy Armstrong, Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Kay Sutcliffe, Maggie Holland, Les Barker, Berthold Brecht, Bob Dylan, Cyril Tawney, Adam MacNaughtan, Buddy Holly and by himself as well as contributing to recordings by artists as diverse as Julie Felix and Loudon Wainwright.

So what the hell IS f*lk, and who bloody cares?

As I was saying, it ain't how you do it, it's what you do.