I suppose people choose to sing folk songs in all sorts of different ways. There used to be a bloke called Owen Brannigan who went around singing The Blaydon Races in a very fruity voice. Came to our teacher training college once.

Then theres all those Irish tenors, my Dad was so fond of.

Its all folk music, innit? At least, they were singing folksongs. I'm sure they gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people.

Folk music isn't just source singers - otherwise we none source singers wouldn't have a role.

Its a bit like the old parable of the man juggling before the altar - because it made him feel God's pleasure in his work. We all bring different stuff to the party,