I tried to emphasis that there is a gulf between "artists" one on side and "academics" on the other.

Unfortunately for this theory, I'm a singer; I've never even read Classic English Folk Songs (sorry, Malcolm - maybe next birthday).

I did "Reynardine" once, with a couple of changes of my own to bring it closer to "The mountains high". I introduced it by saying that it was a song Bert Lloyd had messed around a bit, and I'd messed it around some more. When I said that, somebody booed. For a lot of people, to say you got a song from Bert Lloyd is a guarantee of authenticity.