Here's something I have learned the hard way from many years folk music.

There are too many people out there who have a political ax to grind or who enjoy making somebody else feel bad. They take songs and ascribe all sorts of horrifying background to them: hangings, imprisonment, rapes, venereal disease, you name it.

For example, somebody on the Mudcat claimed that 'Think on Me,' has to do with Lady Jane Grey waiting to be executed. Actually, it was written in the 19th Century by Lady John Scott.

They used to make my heart ache until I caught on. For example, I might learn that the dates are all wrong or the people never existed.   Whether you call the people who spread this stuff the Loki type or Coyote or just plain prurient, the Internet has made it clear how abundant they are.

So enjoy the music, but don't let your heart be too vulnerable.