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Thread #120890   Message #3355532
Posted By: GUEST,Fred McCormick
25-May-12 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: New Penguin Book of English Folk Song
Subject: RE: New Penguin Book of English Folk Song
Carole. The Penguin Book of English Folksongs was originally published in 1959, the editors being A L Lloyd and Ralph Vaughan Williams. It was reprinted/republished several times, my own copy being from the late '60s, most recently in 2009.

What's being mooted here is in effect a completely different book. It's much bigger than the original and, from what I can gather, includes none of the songs which were in the original. In other words, the title is just a hook to ensure healthy sales.

It will anyway, because I'm going to browbeat and cajole everyone I meet into buying a copy. But not from Amazon.