Jim - you really are insufferable.......

And I don't care that you think I am insulting you..........

Who do you really think you are?
You have done great work and been thanked for this by nearly everyone who has written on this thread....but it is still not good enough for you.

I implied several days ago that I agreed with Maude Karples and her early definition of Folk Song: "a song that during the course of time has been submitted to the process of oral transmission." Even a modern song repeated can be included within that!

If that was good enough for her and her experiences - then who am I, or indeed you - to argue otherwise. However - I know from previous experience - You Will...

So there is nothing more to say - you are obviously right.

Tim Radford (who can also be angry and upset by what someone else says....)