I'm a bit of a songwriter, and I think I'm getting better but now and again I hear a song and I think, " Now, that's the way it should be done!"
My choice for the number one " folkie" type song that I wished I'd written, " White Squall" by Stan Rogers. Why? The lyrics, the tune , the sadness it evokes, and the drama of the tale that moves me so much - especially the way Stan delivers it.