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Thread #58230   Message #2717928
Posted By: MGM·Lion
07-Sep-09 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: Who Defines 'Folk'????
Subject: RE: Who Defines 'Folk'????
Right - Talking of soccer terraces: I once asked Bert Lloyd whether the song from Carousel, You'll Never Walk Alone, has now become a folksong: it has become the anthem of Liverpool Football Club & I bet 90% of the fans who sing it on the terraces every Saturday couldn't tell you its provenance. Bert said, 'Folk in function but not in form'; I said 'In folk surely the function defines the form to some extent'. He replied 'Ah, yes, to some extent'. & there the conversation ended. But there is a huge body of soccer chants, many adapted, others, like Walk Alone, just sung straight. As Mr Red sez, If they're not folk ...