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Steve Gardham	look for a Song made up of other songs (35)	RE: look for a Song made up of other songs	03 Oct 18
Jess, as I wrote earlier the phenomenon you describe has the proper technical appellation MEDLEY, i.e., a song made up entirely of a catalogue of song titles or well-known song extracts. 'Wild Rover' sung to 'Ghost Rider' is definitely not a medley. I don't know if this type has a proper name yet, probably not. In the early nineteenth century they were very common often with just the title 'Medley' or something like 'Farmer's Medley' with a theme, but they were popular in earlier centuries also. If it included 'Wild Rover' and 'Mountains of Mourne' the chances are that it is a very modern example, i.e., post 1960.

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