Indeed Les. I didn't want to mention the "C" word - Class - but you can't ignore it. I can't imagine meself singing "The dirty blackleg librarian" somehow. :D

However, I suppose that, by singing songs that came from a rural setting and singing them with feeling - even if we don't come from that background ourselves - we're perpetuating the history and the story and keeping that setting alive for others. It is, after all, a performance. Discuss...