The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131826   Message #2982910
Posted By: Jim Carroll
09-Sep-10 - 02:43 AM
Thread Name: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
Subject: RE: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
"Barbara Allen, Lord Lovell, George Collins, Demon Lover, Lord Randall, etc. and other broadside ballads as well."
Assuming that these are all 'broadside ballads' - of course. While they have all appeared on broadsides, there is no evidence whatever that they originated there.
Jim Carroll