"Have you, glueman, a constructive purpose (as far as your postings here are concerned) and if so what is it?" Richard Bridge

I think, Richard, that his 'purpose' is to sing contemporary(ish) pop songs in folk clubs. But he also seems to think that he needs 'permission' to do this. In other words he seems to need his 'theory', that folk song is anything he says it is, sanctioned by 'higher authority' (which, I suppose, is we supporters of the 1954 definition! How weird is that!). What he fails to realise is that no-one is stopping him from singing anything he likes in a folk club but that he must take responsibility for it, and accept the possibility that it might not go down well.