TinaP
Funny thing - advancing years. You never forget things you have always known, but day-to-day events disappear like mist.
Not a ballad scholar, just love them.
Are you aware of the Roud index? Every library should have one. In the UK Steve Roud has indexed every song and ballads FROM TRADITIONAL PERFORMERS he can find, and given them a number. He has also listed every broadside available to him. His song numbering system is now as important as those of Child and Laws and is a standard tool for anybody working in the field of traditional song. A recent addition has been what he refers to as a fable index, a reference to written articals on songs, ballads, tales and legends and folklore.
The CD package (268728 records of songs and broadsides) is available at a ludicrously low price directly from Steve, whose details are available from the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library or The Traditional Song Forum websites.