The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17189   Message #4209666
Posted By: The Sandman
12-Oct-24 - 02:23 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Billy Brink / Bluey Brink
Subject: RE: Origins: Billy Brink / Bluey Brink
the original poster was inspired to sing a song quote below
Can any great benefactor of the human race give me the lyrics in full, or direct me to them? I'd be eternally grateful.
he was concerned about singing the song, not whether he was a traditionl singer. THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD BE
Lloyd was interested in singing songs.lLOYD needs to be viewed for his overall contributions to the uk folk revival, I feel indebted to him despite his sometimes faulty scholarship.
Traditional songs tell us something, quote Robert
so do all good songs whatever their genre, but not all tradtional songs are good, but generally speaking the best ones have survived,and the worst ones are gathering dust and only being viewed by scholars