Malcolm's right - we do fix transcription errors, although Dick and Susan are reluctant to make corrections unless the evidence is solid. When you post lyrics, it's really helpful to state your source, and to give background information on the song. Sometomes, poeple just start a thread and post the lyrics to a song, and we don't really know what to do with it. If it's composed by a Mudcatter, it usually goes into the Mudcat Songbook and usually does not get submitted to the Digital Tradition unless the songwriter specifically requests that it be submitted. If it's a rock song, it usually won't be submitted to the database. Some classic country songs go in, but most don't because there is a very good Country lyrics database already, Cowpie.

The general criterion is, if it might be of value to people who sing folk songs, we'll try to include it. That means you may find Gershwin and Cole Porter in the database.

Hope that helps. Spaw, didn't I say at least a few things that other people didn't say?

-Joe Offer-