"I just wanted to add that a good book which covers the collecting practices of Cecil Sharp, Baring-Gould etc. is 'Fakesong', by Dave Harker."

In my opinion 'Fakesong' is a pernicious load of old rubbish which, in particular, did great damage to the reputation of a great collector, Cecil Sharp!

A couple of years ago Chris Bearman did a superb demolition job on that section of 'Fakesong', which dealt with Sharp, showing it to be poorly researched, extremely partial and outrageously politically biased. Bearman's article is called: 'Cecil Sharp in Somerset: Some reflections on the work of David Harker'. The Bearman article can be found at www.findarticles.com.

If you must read Harker's mischievous travesty of a book make sure that you read Bearman's article as well!