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Thread #163826 Message #3921277
Posted By: Steve Gardham
01-May-18 - 03:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 2
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 2
Hi Brian,
As you know I'm always highly suspicious of the verity of ballads with very few versions. I was talking generally about Bell Robertson's ballads. I'll certainly have a closer look at this one now you mention it. William Walker, latterly Buchan's apologist, seems to have been rather heavily involved in what Greig was doing.