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Thread #162666   Message #3944349
Posted By: Steve Gardham
16-Aug-18 - 10:13 AM
Thread Name: New Book: Folk Song in England
Subject: RE: New Book: Folk Song in England
Sharp >>>>>>'was a scholar who actually examined what he collected and came to 'some conclusions" about what he found'<<<<<<<

So where's your evidence for how he came to those 'incorrect' conclusions? Blind faith is not enough to a realist, a romantic maybe.

>>>>>>>a group of newbies tearing down the work of the people<<<<<<

Kneejerk twaddle. We certainly are not newbies.

Jim, I have not stooped to personal abuse since we were warned off about this. I have bitten my tongue on numerous occasions since then, but you have continued in your usual abusive way, and others are noticing.