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Thread #21800   Message #233026
Posted By: GUEST,A Wandering Minstrel
24-May-00 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
Subject: RE: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
Way to go Wolfgang. If you are a singer Shambles, I bet you do have a book or cribs for songs you are just learning.

In any event just 'cos you wrote it down doesn't make it pickled unless you want it to be. You can add verses, leave verses out, change some words adjust the tune (if like me your guitar technique is 3-fingered) and write parodies.

Besides If I hear a song, like it and want to sing it myself Its always great to come someplace like here and find that someone has done the 'collecting' for you. That way the oral tradition keeps itself alive and good stuff never goes away. I just rediscovered Reynardine from a thread further down. Time for a bit of practice in the shower....