Once a scholar has been 'outed' I think we can be excused for taking the rest of their contribution with a pinch of salt, or at least research the material ourselves.

Having said that I have no gripe with MacColl and Seeger, Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland.

It has been said many times on many threads, the songs Bert and Ewan mediated are among some of the best we have. We should and do sing them and celebrate them. We just shouldn't use them as examples of items that have come from oral tradition. It's quite simple really.