"A question therefore for all singers of Traditional Folk Song, on what sources, influences & inspirations do you base your own personal style?" What????
Surely by now its obvious. As has been stated above, you just sing the song. If I had asked this question of my grandmother, grandfather or other members of my famjly when they were alive I'd have been met with a puzzled stare. Its a question that only a modern 'folkie' would ask.