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Thread #167461   Message #4040728
Posted By: Jim Carroll
19-Mar-20 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Songs from Ireland Popular in the US
Subject: RE: Origins: Songs from Ireland Popular in the US
I doubt it, though I did have difficulty in searching out Child Ballads of Irish Music in his Appalachian book
On the other hand, his secretary, Maud Karpleles's Newfoundland collection was one of the richness sources for Irish versions of the Ballads, and her articles on her trips were packed with information on the Irish communities she collected from
Would that some of the American collections wee as helpful - Helen Hartness Flanders's New England Ballads being the best by far

I doubt if Sharp ever left anything our deliberately, though his attitude to the black performers reflected the racism of his time
Jim Carroll