Sorry, but Ewan MacColl is not Spring Heel Jack or Robin Hood. He is not a 'folkloric' character. He was a colourful character, but not *that* colourful. It rings very hollow and unconvincing, all this po-mo, 'playful' stuff: there's a very good reason why Todd Haynes made 'I'm Not There' about Bob Dylan, rather than Ewan MacColl. The fact is, there is a prosaic, banal, boring 'yes' or 'no' to all these questions about EMC, and you'll find it in the 'Class Act' book. It *does* matter whether something said about someone who actually once existed is true or not. It may not matter to you, but it still matters.