Ah. So they have to be in the public domain to be folk songs?

This gets better.

I'll just move all my MacColl into the part of my shelves labelled pop.

Ditto Guthrie, Seeger, Paxton, Garbutt, Thompson, Swarbrick etc etc.

Like I said. Something in the water. It's alright, no need to get het up. We all know what we mean when we say folk, classical, pop, rock, grunge, punk, Celtic, Oirish, jazz.. We don't need a confused old man to tell us we are thick, if it's all the same to you.