Yes, looks that way, but as is often the case with Mudcat threads it rapidly widened that scope with Manchester Rambler and Follow the Heron being from well outside that scope!

Don't get me wrong here, I am not saying songs do or do not fall in or out of any category. In fact I love your phrase about the linear motion of time :-) Maybe we should also free ourselves from the shackles of categorisation as well but we will then end up with the usual tirades about what is and isn't folk :-(

One of the points that always comes up of course is that well known purveyor of songs in the traditional style who influenced the UK folk revival more than anyone else...





Bob Dylan

:-D