Yes, indeed, Def (if I may be so informal as to call you by your first name), I have noticed that. Trying to get a point across to WAV is a bit like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall.

In the United States, and elsewhere, perhaps, considering the number of singers of folk songs in both the U. S. and the U. K. who sing and have recorded, say, Steven Foster's "Hard Times" and "Gentle Annie," the songs of Steven Foster are generally regarded as traditional. They are not, however, regarded by most people as folk songs.

Steven Foster's songs are essentially "parlor (or parlour) songs," which were intended to be and traditionally were accompanied by a piano. Or if the household couldn't afford a piano, often a parlor (or parlour) guitar.

Don Firth