To Good Soldier Schweik: Yes, I can recognize a traditional song.

What I can't recognize is when it starts deviating from 'traditional'. Most classifications are on a continuum, you know....very little in life is purely black and white.

I'm pleased that up to this point this discussion has been very civil. I think your comment was a deviation from that continuum of civility. (Maybe this one's a slight deviation too. If so, my apologies.

Thank you for your feedback, Bettynh. You are able to recognize the complexity of the topic. I'm wondering not just what kids sing in camps, but what they sing in mining and logging camps today. Do people still write songs about their bosses and fellow workers? (Or make revisions to pop and folk songs to describe what's going on in their lives?   Or do they sing at all.....maybe they just spend all their time on their laptops.