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Lighter	New Book: Folk Song in England (2094* d)	RE: New Book: Folk Song in England	29 Sep 17
> it's interesting that there still seem to be quite a few loose ends. Seriously, folks...is there a definition of "poetry" that definitively covers all the alleged examples of a poem to the exclusion of all non-poetry? And that everyone will agree on? I don't think so. Regardless of your definition of "folksong," you'll find a song to fit it and others that don't. The best way out of the definition trap, as far as I can see, is to ignore the entire folk/non-folk dichotomy entirely and just discuss the song.

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