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Posted By: Paul Burke
03-Dec-25 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: singing as we would speak
Subject: RE: singing as we would speak

"traditional British folk song is an ancient tradition" [Citation needed]

Depends of course on what you mean by "folk song" (see Boyes and Roud) and "ancient". And "British" of course. And "an" - aren't there quite a number of traditions in Britain?