I agree with your opinion about the Grainger collection. It's a shame that Bob didn't continue his excellent work on the Leader record, to produce a scholarly edition to match the many excellent American regional collections. Did you know that there is a copy of Jane O'Brien's thesis in Brigg Public Library?

I should also defend Patrick O'Shaughnessy. With the support of the Lincolnshire Association and later Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts, he published three collections: Seven Lincolnshire Folk Songs, Twenty-One Lincolnshire Folk Songs and Yellowbelly Ballads (in two parts). Included are seventy-six songs from the collection, all with quite full notes with bibliographies and discographies.

Ruairidh