The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9179   Message #610064
Posted By: Joe_F
14-Dec-01 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: One Meat Ball (Burl Ives)
Subject: RE: One Meat Ball - Burl Ives
IIRC, this song has the honor of having been translated into Italian by no less a person than Francis James Child. I suppose that makes it a Child ballad, at least in Italy.