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GUEST,Kevin W. aka Reynard the Fox on Youtube Origins: George Collins / Johnny Collins Child 85 (4) Reply to Joe Offer's Advice 25 Aug 25


Hello Joe,
I apologise for doing it wrong this whole time. Thank for telling me.

I didn't realise that I can put in a different subject when making a reply. I see now what you mean. So if I want to share more than one song text I make each its own reply to the thread. Then I give one set of lyrics with the song title on top for indexing (I can make that bold for visibility) and information and notes on the singer, song, album it came from etc. below the lyrics.

What would be a better name for a thread like this? Where I'll share multiple texts of the same folk song and share my thoughts or info on them?

Is something like the opening I wrote acceptable when starting a thread? Where I mentioned that a collection of field recordings became available and I looked through them and found multiple recordings of an interesting song I want to share lyrics of?

Should I name the thread, say, "Johnny Collins - Mrs. Marshall Mullins", and share my first set of lyrics in my opening post? Then continue the same way with next set of lyrics, each as its own reply? So the next reply I make would be titled "Johnny Collins - Mrs. Arnie G. Evans" and have only her text. Then the next "John Collins - W. R. Lowers", and have only his text, etc. until I have them all shared?

Should I use "Lyrics Add" instead of "Origins" when creating a thread that mostly focuses on sharing lyrics, even if it talks a bit about the song, its sources etc.?

I hope I didn't make things sound too complicated, and I'm sorry for asking so many questions. But I want to be sure I do it better next time I start a Mudcat thread. Because in general I think the Mudcat Cafe is the best place to share something like this. I don't know where else I would share transcriptions of field recordings.

If you are able to edit or remove my overly long post above, and have the time to do so, I wouldn't be upset if you removed it (I have it all backed up). I could then post each set of lyrics properly here as its own reply, to help with indexing and to improve visibility and readability.

I wish you a nice day and apologise once more for the trouble and confusion I caused
~Kevin


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