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Thread #172953   Message #4193999
Posted By: Howard Kaplan
21-Dec-23 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Trad songs about protecting nature?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Trad songs about protecting nature?
In 1910, Alice Adele Todd completed a thesis entitled "Nature in the old English and Scottish Ballads" at Boston University. Most of the content is an index to ballads mentioning specific topics such as trees or flowers, but there is an introductory section that discusses how much or little reference to nature can be found.

The URL for a free download is https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/8425.