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GUEST,Paul F. Anderson Origins: Oleanna (Ditmar Meidel, Norway, 1853) (42) Message for Joe Offer 08 Jan 10


Dear Joe,

I didn't know of any other way to contact you. Sorry to intrude on this thread.

A few years ago you posted Pete Seeger's translation of Oleanna on a thread. Digitrad has the song's lyrics, but they're in the wrong order, missing a verse, have mispelled words and a verse by Theodore Bikel thrown in. In short, they're a mess and wrongly identified as being by (only) Pete Seeger. I contacted someone at Mudcat about correcting the problem. They said they would, but months have gone by without any corrections.

Could you fix this? The Oleanna (song) Wikipedia article gets hundreds of readers every month, and it has a link to the Digitrad site with the messed-up lyrics. I hate seeing this misinformation being spread. I added a link to the Folkways records by Seeger, which have downloadable liner notes with his lyrics, but I'm sure most people just go to Digitrad.

Thanks for your help.
Paul


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