"Each generation has their own influences. It's how tradition goes on, it's how it marches on. The music itself you can do whatever you want with it, it's very forgiving." - Norma Waterson, taken from Eliza Carthy's 'My Music' video - (see seperate thread)

Lizzie - Since that precisely cotradicts what you were saying at the start of this thread I stand by what I said. You talk round spherical objects.

Jim,

I take your point and you are right of course - it was a two way process. I was trying to emphasise that we didn't recognise the influence of broadsides in the past as much as we do now.