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Thread #155357 Message #3670983
Posted By: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
21-Oct-14 - 05:53 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?

So, no opinions on the songs with known compsosers on the Harry Smith Anthology? I'm happy to call 'em folk songs. Though as the recordings are from the 1920s they can hardly be classed as new...