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GUEST,redmax Child's ballads (back in the early days) (28) Child's ballads (back in the early days) 07 Oct 08

This is a question for the UK folkies (I'm researching a folk song dissertation which is only British in scope)

Early on in the revival was it hard to get access to Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads collection? I know in these Internet days we take access to the texts rather for granted, but I presume in the 1960s (and of course the 70s & 80s) it wasn't quite so easy.

You could buy the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs reasonably cheaply, but I assume owning Child's collection was too pricey a prospect? Was it feasible to go to your local library and view a copy?

I have a friend who bought them, but he told me it wasn't cheap. He also told me that owning Bronson's tune anthology was out of the question, way too expensive.

Given that people seemed to be well aware of Child's collection, it got me wondering how many people found it easy or hard to actually peruse them?

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