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Thread #52843   Message #811891
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
26-Oct-02 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Buck's Elegy (corrupt text?)
Subject: RE: BUCK'S ELEGY -- A corrupt text?
Glad the confusion was sorted out. On the subject of broadside illustrations: beware of attaching undue importance to them. In the 19th century at any rate, more often than not they were stock engravings that the printer happened to have available at the time. Sometimes there's some vague connection with the subject of the song, but often there's none at all. They shouldn't be taken as providing clues for any examination of the accompanying text.