The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121085   Message #2640423
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
25-May-09 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
Subject: RE: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
'Glueman', may I draw your attention back to the following question?

" ... how can 'The Outlandish Knight' (any version you like - but I suppose the version in the 'Penguin Book of English Folk Songs' is easily accessible) be described as, 'anti-establishment', 'utopian' or 'nationalistic'?"

I promise that, whatever answer you come up with, I won't label you as 'arty-farty' (perish the thought!).

I'm not holding my breath or bracing myself for more insulting labels ("water off a duck's back" - as my mother used to say).