Ah...I'm beginning to get it.....folk songs are OK till the mass of people (the Folk?) start to like them. As soon as they enter the public consciousness, are sung in pubs, at work, at social gatherings....they are beyond the pale. What is worse is if one of the beknighted mass actually ask someone who considers themselves a 'folk singer' to sing one of them.
   Lets keep on adding to the list of songs not allowed in folk clubs but popular with the masses, you never know,,,there might be a folk revival.
   Never met a collector who frequented folk clubs looking for material!