"amateurs "
MacColl never distinguished between "amateurs" and professionals - there were few of the latter in the revival - that was its strength
To sing songs in your own accent was the advice MacColl gave to all singers, amature or professional - it's always made sense to me
Singing songs in a "cod" accent" is, as far as I am concerned, taking the piss, both out of the songs and the people the singer is sending up
Jim Carroll