Well, there is the description of the people as peasants and the way he portrayed them as being so eager to have their songs heard that they'll spend time preparing and waiting for someone to visit them and hear them sing. I understand that people were probably surprised that *anyone* was interested in the songs at all- but something about the words used just feels condescending. I don't know how to describe it. I don't mind dialect- in fact, I love to sing songs in dialect.