The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113833   Message #2431215
Posted By: The Sandman
04-Sep-08 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: definition of a ballad
Subject: RE: definition of a ballad
Brian.
all the ones I have heard so far.

Jim
I am afraid you are letting your personal likes cloud your analysis of Lord Randall.
In my opinion, it is a weak story.,and I have yet to hear it being sung well.
now can anyone give a logical reason why a peice of tedious drivel like Lord Randall,is called a ballad and yet an interesting story like Marrowbones or the Cunning Cobbler is not.