I used to sing a lot of very long ye olde Brit. Isles ballads that I find I dont have the patience for any more (and often can't remember all the words). Some, like Twa Sisters, I've replaced with melodically more interesting versions. Up until a year ago I'd abandoned all the songs I started out on 40-some years ago, like Franky and Johnny and On Top of Old Smoky...but now that I'm singing in a convalescent home these oldies are coming in very handy, just because they ARE so simple, easy and known by everybody. Boring has it's uses as welll, it seems.