defining medieval is somewhat easier than defining Folk.

But anything from Henry 8 is marginal, neigh false. Anything like John Dowland is Elizabethan.

Even scholars of this parish don't make that close a distinction.

Should we trust Wikipedia on this? - (well look for yourself). Does anyone hereabouts speak Anglo-Saxon? (I will allow Frisian**).

How many songs do we know that predate Henry 8? let us list them - my starter for 10:

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**contactme if you do - please.