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Jim Carroll	traditional songs - best for learning? (130* d)	RE: traditional songs - best for learning?	30 Dec 18
The tradition is long dead (with the few wexceptions among Travelers0 Whatever treatment a folkie gives to a song is immaterial - we are talking about a no longer functioning tradition which we are borrowing from If you care to check on Roud he doesn't include Folkies in his list, he never has This is yet another Red Herring - we are discussing what constitutes a folk song, not what folkies choose to do with them I think if you check, you will find many/most bands -copyright their arrangements so they can can never belong to anybody but themselves All this undermines the cultural and historical importance of our folk traditions - no wonder the revival is in such a state Gone from here Jim Carroll

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