"Whatever else the ORAL TRADITION might be, it is not about copying songs off records & CDs - that is simply lazy, half-arsed sourcing because even after four years of posing as a folky you haven't got the first clue what English Traditional Song is actually about." (IB)...you told us after listening to, and quite liking, my RECORDING of "Cob a Coaling" you were going to do so yourself - which you did...so how did you learn how it goes IB?...And have you thought of having another try at uni or other adult education?...seems to me you could do with it. And your next post about buying a plastic recorder again shows how wildly changeable your thinking is - look back at what you posted about suchlike just a few weeks ago.

Eliza - as I said, I've just worked out the dots for "Cob a Coaling" by mimicking my singing with my English flute, because I couldn't find them anywhere...so, may I ask, how/from who did W:C get the tune for it? And accepting all the immigration/emigration (including that of Gypsies) that has occurred, we must still consider what's best FROM NOW ON: I say, nationalism (with respect for any Gypsies within a nation and/or indigenous peoples such as Aboriginal Australians) with eco-travel and fair-trade (via a stronger UN), rather than yet more conquest and economic/capitalist immgigration/emigration.