Walter Pardon sang the songs purely for his own enjoyment, Sam Larner used to enjoy going to the pub to hold forth, diffrent strokes for different blokes
"I reckon that all those old singing boys and gals in ages gone past just went down the pub to have fun and would have told, had they existed, the po-faced folkie police where to get off. " quote, steve shaw
some yes, pthers, no
but people like sarah makem and walter pardon did their singing at home Sarah Makem sang songs whilst doing cooking and housework, there is also evidence that others sang while doing jobs like horse ploughing and milking. people singing while working is well documented