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Doc John Folklore: What is a ballad? (39) RE: Folklore: What is a ballad? 08 Mar 08

Hello Frank Hamilton,
Good to see you here again.
There's a site dedicated to Cisco and they would dearly love to hear from you and anyone else who knew him.
Mary Q of Scots did indeed have 'Four Marys' and two were named Beaton and Seaton; you'll be glad to know that there wasn't a Hamilton (nor a Carmichael) and no report of infanticide. The Russian story was taken up enthusiastically by John Knox who gave Mary a rough time.
Ballad does mean in the narrowest sense a narrative song but the word has been so extended to 'Ballad of the Boll Weevil' - great song but hardly a narrative. In pop music it seems to refer to sentimental songs
Barbara, I love 'em the longer the better!
Doc John

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