RESEARCH, Eliza? That's going it some, isn't it? If it can't be found on a BBC4 programme or in the pages of an abridged encyclopedia, surely it's not worth investigating? That is the Franks Way...

(By the way, I think you'll find that his pronouncements on English song traditions spring from one Joseph Taylor recording he once heard. As it's the only example he ever cites, I can only assume it's his only frame of reference.)