"Close enough for folk music" is the one every folkie has heard.

"Ain't no horse sang it", attributed to Bill Broonzy on the Topic that Shall Not Be Named ('what is folk music, anyway?) is widely known, also. Folkies are very fond of the ancient expression, "Alas my love you do me wrong...:". This goes hand in hand with the old saw "What do you call a folkie who has broken up with his girlfriend?"..."Homeless".

I suppose you could start some new ones -- "A string in time saves one", for example. "Fools use chords that wise men never play". "The devil finds keys for idle capos". "Better to be hung for a banjo player than hung for a bodhran player".

But no-one has head these before!

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