Thanks, McGrath, for the heads-up! Welcome to the Mudcat, Joe and The Plumbers. LOVE the song and the ambiance was great!:-) It is clear, too, that you certainly know your polkas and yes, a lot of us consider them a part of folk music, too. (Mudcatters know there's a lot more to them than the "Beer Barrel!"**bg**) That piece you wrote on them is just the kind of "scholarly" thing we like to see posted here at the Mudcat.

Glad you have joined, now get the rest of them in here, too!:-)

All the best,

katincolorado