Hi,

A bit of thread drift here. Some traditional performers needed additional songs and ballads that they wanted to perform that were outside the scope of their and their family repertoire. Since they are labeled "traditional" performers for whatever reason they felt that these new songs and ballads need to be attributed to them or their family- and not be covers of another persons song or ballad. MacColl had his father- this is my opinion. The number of questionable attributions is vast and this is nothing new or surprising.

Richie