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Thread #119490 Message #2594719
Posted By: Howard Jones
22-Mar-09 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: What makes it a Folk Song?
Subject: RE: What makes it a Folk Song?
"with contemporary folk song there are correct versions, or perhaps you dont think Sammys Bar/ chicken on a raft are folk songs."
Actually, Dick, I don't think they are folk songs, in the strict sense. They're damn fine songs, and have enough in common stylistically with traditional songs to not seem out of place in a folk club. But they're not folk songs, although they may be well on their way to becoming that.