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Thread #22878   Message #1720672
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
17-Apr-06 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Penguin: The Trees They Grow So High
Subject: RE: Penguin: The Trees They Grow So High
I was struck by the last line in Joe Offer's citation from the Traditional Ballad Index, above:

"MacColl and Seeger report this song from 1670 in the Guthrie manuscript. We have been unable to verify this, and they are lumpers."

What does that mean? The part about being lumpers - what does that mean?