The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45732   Message #677437
Posted By: MMario
27-Mar-02 - 11:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Contradicshun / Contradiction
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Contradictshun
I assumed he was transcribing accurately from older texts - the spelling on many of the Bodlian site broadsides looks very strange to modern eyes. If you look at the dates on some of Conrad's songs you will see they were published in the early 1800's.