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Thread #63047   Message #1021744
Posted By: greg stephens
18-Sep-03 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: Ten representative English folk songs?
Subject: RE: Ten representative English folk songs?
I voted against John Peel in favour of Joe Bowman,because it's the better song I think.But I'll take issue with Malcolm Douglas as to the "folk" nature of John Peel. Even on the strictest possible definition of folk,it comes out fine, as the words and tune have changed since it was written!
   Glad the votes are rolling in for Searching for Lambs, and the blackballs are being cast against Greensleeves. FolkTUNE,certainly ,but those words!!