The Sandman wrote: there was a reason for it he was more concerned about increasing the available repertoire for revival singers, and furthermore he was right.

Roud numbers extend up to 55289.

There are 17,680 distinct songs in the Traditional Ballad Index.

I have yet to encounter someone who has sung 17,680 different songs, let alone 55,289. But even if, somehow, that's not enough, that is still no justification for lying.

The issue is LIES.