"When Ewan MacColl or Bob Dylan borrowed heavily (to sanitise the term) from traditional song in order to be able to receive royalties as the writers of the song, "
Don't know about Dylan but perhaps you could enlighten us on the songs MacColl "borrowed heavily from"?
Having observed your hit and run tactics, I don't for one minute expect an answer to this.   
Take a peep at the Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook and you'll find Peggy took great pains to identify where his songs came from - virtually all traditionally based.
Then again - it's pretty easy slandering someone whose ben dead for over a quarter of a century, just as easy as taking the piss out of old people.
You really are a piece of work - aren't you?
"You are behaving like a Booby"
Are you surprised that you got kicked of another forum for your atrocious behaviour Dick?
Keep it up and you'll end up with two-of-a-kind - then you can aim for a prile.
Jim Carroll