I beg to differ, Songbob-
Folksinger's Wordbook was complied edited by Fred and Irwin Silber, and published by Oak Publications in 1973. I don't think it's ever been viewed as a "hymnal" the way Rise Up Singing has been viewed.

Rise Up Singing (RUS) was compiled and edited by Peter Blood and his wife Annie Patterson, published by Sing Out! Magazine in 1988. RUS was the successor to a book with Quaker roots called Winds of the People which was unofficially published without copyright permissions, so it was more-or-less a "bootleg."

The vast majority of songs in Rise Up Singing are NOT traditional. They have known songwriters, and were published in the 20th century - so Rise Up Singing can actually claim to have the "right" version of songs much of the time. But since that's the case, some people get confused and think that ALL the lyrics in RUS are definitive. With few exceptions, the songs in Folksinger's Wordbook are traditional, and I've never heard anyone claim the lyrics in Folksinger's Wordbook to be the one-and-only "right" version.

-Joe-