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Thread #46575 Message #692756
Posted By: GUEST,greg stephens
18-Apr-02 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: What is a folk song? Version 2.0
Subject: RE: What is a folk song?
I hadn't appreciated till recently that English folksong is defined as Celtic or Irish/Scottish in the USA and also in Germany. It's very confusing, but a very widespread usage as I've found while looking up the words to a some songs recently.