excerpt from 'The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales … to which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author’s Life, Written by Himself. 3rd ed.' pp. xxv (93 words)
excerpt from 'The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales … to which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author’s Life, Written by Himself. 3rd ed.' pp. xxv (93 words)
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In 1802, “The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border” came into my hands; and, though I was even astonished to find such exact copies of many old songs, which I had heard sung by people who never could read a song, but got them handed down by tradition—and likewise at the conformity of the notes to the traditions and superstitions, which are, even to this day, far from being eradicated from the minds of the people amongst our mountains—yet, I confess, I was not satisfied with many of the imitations of the ancients. |
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