Finding a song fast in a specific genre.

My iPod has the following folder: Music > Genres > Pop. The alphabetical order of the songs in Pop is messy. I can't find a song i want easily. Conversely, the songs in the folder Music > Songs are in the right alphabetical order. Does anyone know how to make iPod display the right order in a specific genre?

I don't think you can.
I assume you have drilled down through the genres menu to the Pop menu, which shows artists in alphabetical order. Then you've drilled down to all which shows all albums in alphabetical order. From there, you've drilled down to *all songs* which shows the songs in the order they appear on the albums from the previous list. In other words, song order on album by alphabetic order. At least, that's what it appears to do on my 5th gen iPod.
I have to be honest, I think it's pretty clever that the all albums section is still in alphabetic order.
If you want to search for a song by alphabetic entry, I think you'll have to stick with the songs menu. Don't forget, if you turn the click wheel quickly it will change from scrolling one song at a time to scrolling by alphabet letter. Once you get to the letter you require, stop, take you finger off the click wheel, replace it and scroll slowly to find the song of your choice.

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