The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21800   Message #4208608
Posted By: Lighter
19-Sep-24 - 05:56 PM
Thread Name: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
Subject: RE: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
"Agenda" nowadays often means "ulterior motive."

I'm curious. What, aside from making a few bucks, do you suppose were Lunsford's and Hugill's "agendas," and - more to the point - how did they undermine the value of their collecting?

As a chantey collector and historian, Hugill wasn't perfect, but he was surely the most erudite, besides having a degree from the School of Hard Seafaring Knocks.