Yes. Paul Clayton has 150 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 150

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Spotty and Dudie, If I Had a Bottle of Rum, Soldier's Joy

Listed under the artist name 150 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Spotty and Dudie

Listed as Paul Clayton – Spotty and Dudie (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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If I Had a Bottle of Rum

Listed as Paul Clayton – If I Had a Bottle of Rum (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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Soldier's Joy

Listed as Paul Clayton – Soldier's Joy (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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Kathy Fiscus

Listed as Paul Clayton – Kathy Fiscus (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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Sugar Baby

Listed as Paul Clayton – Sugar Baby (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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Young But Growing

Listed as Paul Clayton – Young But Growing (Paul Clayton Sings Home Made Songs And Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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The Old Wife Who Wanted Spruncin'

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Old Wife Who Wanted Spruncin' (Unholy Matrimony) · Watch on YouTube

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Mary Hamilton

Listed as Paul Clayton – Mary Hamilton (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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House Carpenter (Child No. 243)

Listed as Paul Clayton – House Carpenter (Child No. 243) (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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Texas Rangers

Listed as Paul Clayton – Texas Rangers (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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Bile Them Cabbage Down

Listed as Paul Clayton – Bile Them Cabbage Down (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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Botany Bay

Listed as Paul Clayton – Botany Bay (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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The Charleston Merchant

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Charleston Merchant (Unholy Matrimony) · Watch on YouTube

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Ellibanks

Listed as Paul Clayton – Ellibanks (Bobby Burns' Merry Musus Of Caledonia) · Watch on YouTube

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The Baffled Knight

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Baffled Knight (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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So Long (It's Been Good To Know Ya)

Listed as Paul Clayton – So Long (It's Been Good To Know Ya) (Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)) · Watch on YouTube

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The Butcher and the Tailor's Wife

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Butcher and the Tailor's Wife (Unholy Matrimony) · Watch on YouTube

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Sad and Lonely

Listed as Paul Clayton – Sad and Lonely (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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The Farmer's Curst Wife

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Farmer's Curst Wife (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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The Sea Captain

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Sea Captain (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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Would You Do That

Listed as Paul Clayton – Would You Do That (Bobby Burns' Merry Musus Of Caledonia) · Watch on YouTube

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The Indian Lass

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Indian Lass (British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition) · Watch on YouTube

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Bill Dooley

Listed as Paul Clayton – Bill Dooley (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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Wild Rover

Listed as Paul Clayton – Wild Rover (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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Goin' On Down The Road

Listed as Paul Clayton – Goin' On Down The Road (Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)) · Watch on YouTube

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False Love

Listed as Paul Clayton – False Love (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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Bachelor's Hall

Listed as Paul Clayton – Bachelor's Hall (Bay State Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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The Cherry-Tree Carol

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Cherry-Tree Carol (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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Silver City Bound

Listed as Paul Clayton – Silver City Bound (Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)) · Watch on YouTube

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Huzza for Commodore Rodgers

Listed as Paul Clayton – Huzza for Commodore Rodgers (Bay State Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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The Darby Ram

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Darby Ram (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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Once I Courted a Bonny Little Girl

Listed as Paul Clayton – Once I Courted a Bonny Little Girl (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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When Cockle Shells Make Silver Bells

Listed as Paul Clayton – When Cockle Shells Make Silver Bells (British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition) · Watch on YouTube

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Whiskey Johnny

Listed as Paul Clayton – Whiskey Johnny (Bay State Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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Shady Grove

Listed as Paul Clayton – Shady Grove (Dulcimer Songs and Solos) · Watch on YouTube

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Lord Darnell

Listed as Paul Clayton – Lord Darnell (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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The Avondale Mine Disaster

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Avondale Mine Disaster (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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Little Pig

Listed as Paul Clayton – Little Pig (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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Frankie

Listed as Paul Clayton – Frankie (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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Will the Weaver

Listed as Paul Clayton – Will the Weaver (Unholy Matrimony) · Watch on YouTube

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Lass of Roch Royal

Listed as Paul Clayton – Lass of Roch Royal (Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World) · Watch on YouTube

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Lord Bateman (Child No. 53)

Listed as Paul Clayton – Lord Bateman (Child No. 53) (Cumberland Mountain Folksongs) · Watch on YouTube

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John Anderson, My Jo

Listed as Paul Clayton – John Anderson, My Jo (Bobby Burns' Merry Musus Of Caledonia) · Watch on YouTube

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Railroad Bill

Listed as Paul Clayton – Railroad Bill (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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This Morning She Was Gone

Listed as Paul Clayton – This Morning She Was Gone (Paul Clayton Sings Home Made Songs And Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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Gambling Man

Listed as Paul Clayton – Gambling Man (Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia) · Watch on YouTube

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The Old Soldier

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Old Soldier (Bay State Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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If She's Gone

Listed as Paul Clayton – If She's Gone (Paul Clayton Sings Home Made Songs And Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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Cecil Gona In The Time Of Storm

Listed as Paul Clayton – Cecil Gona In The Time Of Storm (Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)) · Watch on YouTube

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The Dumb Wife

Listed as Paul Clayton – The Dumb Wife (Unholy Matrimony) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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