Mudcat Café message #2714865

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Thread #123244 Message #2714865
Posted By: dick greenhaus
02-Sep-09 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: Ballad Singing – a living tradition?
Subject: RE: Ballad Singing – a living tradition?

And, lest we forget, there are lots of good ballads that fall outside the Child canon; many that also don't fit within the broadside tradition. There are railroad ballads, coyboy ballads, sailor's ballads (occasionally clean)....