Subject: RE: New Book: Folk Song in England
From: Jim Carroll - PM
Date: 11 Aug 18 - 02:51 AM

I think we seem to be walking up the old blind alley here once again
Instead of askin who made our folk songs we should be asking why they were made
The 'print origins' people have provided their answer - for money

Then as now, people with something they wanted to say wrote a song to say it. And if they then wanted to publish it and get paid, why not, be it now or 400 years ago? Does "Duncan Campbell" read like money was the only thing in the broadside writer's mind?