The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162666   Message #3897901
Posted By: Steve Gardham
07-Jan-18 - 11:01 AM
Thread Name: New Book: Folk Song in England
Subject: RE: New Book: Folk Song in England
'you and yours would rob folk song of its unique nature by making it a commercial product" ' (JC)

Absolutely not. As many of the posters have already told you on this thread, what makes a folk song is the folk process, the oral tradition. Nothing whatsoever to do with the origin.