"The version used here is the English one. The tune is traditional."

What does this mean? Which English "one"? There will be many English versions of the lyrics. Collected where, from whom, by whom? From which broadside? The tune is cited as "traditional" - from what tradition? Is it from bronson or another source? again, what is its provenance?

I'm really surprised that someone who is so unshakeably dogmatic, not just in what they will sing but what and how they expect others to sing, has built their beliefs on such dodgy foundations. If you're going to defend such a contentious position, WAV, you really must have more robust sources.

Also that someone who constantly brings up his academic qualifications can have developed his philosophy based on so little academic rigour.

And, further, that someone whose sources are dodgy, generalist internet sites which don't provide any real provenance for their music, is happy to argue with academics and ethnomusicologists in defending his position. And in insisting that everyone else ought to adopt his philosophy as well.

What collossal arrogance, or collossal stupidity. The mind boggles.