In this broad selection of ballads from the American South, McNeil brings together Child ballads, broadsides, and Native American ballads. He organizes the ballads under seven headings: war ballads, ballads of crime and criminals, ballads of family opposition to lovers, ballads …
Once upon a time, "prime time" happened on the porch or at the hearth instead of on a TV set. In those days our great-great-great-grandparents had to devise their own entertainment. Their genre was the ballad, a long, intricate story told in song, which could be widely shared an…
Once upon a time, "prime time" happened on the porch or at the hearth instead of on a TV set. In those days our great-great-great-grandparents had to devise their own entertainment. Their genre was the ballad, a long, intricate story told in song, which could be widely shared an…
