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Thread #157621 Message #3721221
Posted By: Lighter
05-Jul-15 - 07:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Two Child Ballads from North America
Subject: RE: Origins: Two Child Ballads from North America
> Is Henderson 100 years old? What?
Sure sounds like it.
> Two informants?
Seems unlikely, doesn't it? How does Matheson's version compare with Child's?
Maybe F. C. Gainer learned the other song from Nan Wilson, and Patrick was carelessly saving himself a step in documentation. But the circumstances surrounding the song do arouse suspicion. Why do you think Nan Wilson was fictitious?