The Trojan Horse concept worked for the Greeks and produced, in their opinion, a great result so it should be no surprise that others should imitate it. I don't think anyone here has any criticism of the quality of Bert's artistry, judged by the results around us; the extent of the criticism is the intent of that artistry. The real bother for me is that others used similar techniques to arrogate "authority" to their background so their presentation of "tradition" would be more readily received.

And I'm still trying (unsuccessfully, so far, as I'm away from my library) to recall the particular Australian song(s) Bert "collected" when he was here and promulgated back in Britain.

Cheers, Rowan