The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119505   Message #2592401
Posted By: Mr Happy
19-Mar-09 - 05:35 AM
Thread Name: Trad Song
Subject: RE: Trad Song
GUEST,Mike D

If you jump into your electronic synthetic time machine & crank it back to the 16th century, tweak the lyrics a little so there's piles of 'ye's, thy's, thous, defunct dialect words, then visit the nearest tavern, whaling ship, remote parts of Ireland, Scotland, the Appalachians etc & teach your composition orally to the assemblages - then with luck? some collector, such as C# or Child[e?] will pick it up, then it'll become part of the 'living tradition'!!