you don't like anything with more than two verses,
Look here

you don't like folk song!

Here's a few from my songlist that are kind of folky

A Roving        
Acres of Clams
Aiken Drum
Ain' No Mo' Cane on de Brazos
Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More
Alabama Bound
All for me Grog
Alouette                
Amazing Grace
Ancient and Old Irish Condom D        
Annie Laurie
As I go Rambling 'Round                
Ash Grove - The
Auld Lang Syne                
Aunt Rhody

And that is just the A's


Two or three centuries, do you mean?

Yes, exactly. A few years ago, on Mudcat, Bruce Olsen treated us to a 'folk song' going back about three millennia.

...So far, you are the only one to criticize a whole genre of songs;...

and who said ...The snigger-snogwriters I've heard don't represent any community - too busy gazing at their own navels???

and there are too many folkies who think that they are gods and don't possess navels.


"Nowadays our listening habits have evolved and our needs are for shorter songs."

Most modern songs are rarely longer than three and a half minutes. They represent the listening habits of most of the population.