The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34248 Message #2928457
Posted By: meself
15-Jun-10 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: Songcatcher: Barbara Allen & other songs
Subject: RE: Songcatcher
"Barbara Allen was revived in print after being lost for many generations. My source for this is Sam Hinton. It's an instance of the printed word furthering the tradition."
This strikes me as an odd claim - can you elaborate?