This is fascinating. I've been out in the woods this weekend singing with the Seattle Folk people -- Rainy Camp, what else?
I had my first go at leading "Rolling Home" and discovered that many of the people there had been singing it for a while. It was wonderful.
What gives away "Rolling Home" as a modern song, to my ear, is the last verse line "Fair wages now and ever", tho the lines before about"passing the bottle round" move it forward in time, too.
And yes, I am familiar with Richard Thompson and have been for years, tho I can't remember what I heard first of his. First ran into John Tams on June Tabors first album.(Pull Down Lads).
Blessings,
Barbara