Re: What's a folk song? - A list of them

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:39:37 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
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J. Byron wrote...
Of course Paul Simon wrote the unusual guitar part that people know, but I
figured the melody was the same as in the original. However, one vintage
songbook I obtained shows a very different version of the melody. What was
Paul's source? Anyone know?
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He doesn't say. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel claim joint authorship of the
adaptation on the sheet music. Child includes Scarborough Fair as a variant
of The Elfin Knight. There are 20 separate versions collected by Child
alone. It would be very hard to pin down an "original" source.
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