"Jim has also stated recently on Mudcat that he does not make pronouncements" Tell me where it does Vic - not a pronouncement of mine The clue is in the title of D K Wilgus book - 'Anglo American Folksong Scholarship since 1899 One of the few certainties from the singers we have to dat is Margaret Laidlaw's (James Hogg's mother's) admonishment of Scott for daring to put her ballads into print "'ye hae broken the charm noo, an' they'll never be sung mair'" One lady who didn't rely on broadsides. Even after Sharp, we knew nothing of what the singers thought Jim Carroll
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