I've been reading this since no one answered my thread on the words to "I'm a truthful fellow".It is very funny. I got to thinking though it's not really the song that needs ditching it's more the people who do them and the WAY they are done.My son was in his room yesterday and was playing an "alternative" version of "Boil Them Cabbage Down" on his electric guitar and it was quite awesome. Two scenes come to mind and one is where John Belushi (in animal house) smashes a guitar over some one's head who is singing "I gave my love a cherry" and the other one where that guy on beevis and butthead that wears the shirt with the peace sign on it is sitting around a campfire singing "men have feelings too". I was at Mt. Airy last weekend for the fiddler's convention and I was singing "Will the Circle be Unbroken" and some hairy pitted hippie chick started singing "will the fetus be aborted" and I was like geeeeeeeeeehhhhh. As far as "Rise up singing" there's too much good stuff in there to trash it. I could sing Lakes of the Ponchartrain a gazillion times.But there are plenty in there that do SUCK - like isn't there one about a penis and it goes something like "it's only a pee-pee"- this one should be first on the list for sure. Oh well, that's my 2 cents.