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Thread #104168   Message #2144949
Posted By: TheSnail
09-Sep-07 - 07:44 PM
Thread Name: Songbooks: Review: The Folk Handbook
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Handbook
weelittledrummer

and indeed what AL Lloyd said in his book Folksong in England, was that it wasn't the pop music of its day. It was too complicated for us plebs to really get to grips with.

Yeah, well, A L Lloyd was obviously just an ivory tower academic who had no idea what life was like for ordinary, working class people. You can read all about his privileged, middle-class life here.