Now wait on, you guys are so helpful, but you are just confusing me and my mate and his dog. Well, the dog's always a bit confused, being a 3 year old lab pup (they never grow up, just older, like folkies).

Look, I say thru my tears, all we want is just 3 or 4 approved tunes we all agree on so we can learn them by listening to scratchy old 78s - LPs would be too modern, and so not Real Folk, the committee has ruled by Fiat - no Morris Drivers allowed! - and play them without the dots. 3 or 4 is enough, as we can't keep more than 3 or 4 tunes in our heads at once, especially after all that bier we have to force ourselves to quaff, in proper folkie style.

We've already voted to buy the tankards and funny hats and the little matching waistcoats and leather pantsfaded jeans (amended committee motion I missed - must have fallen asleep). We're planning to visit a local session, and when no one is looking, borrow a few random instruments we don't know how to play, just to get started.