McCaffery: A Study in the Variation and Function of a Ballad
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Type of record: Archive
Title: McCaffery: A Study in the Variation and Function of a Ballad
Classmark: LAVC/FLF/14/1/1/8
Creator(s): Green, Anthony E (1943-)
Date(s): [1970s]
Size and medium: 1 file of photocopied papers.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410765
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
This file contains a photocopy of Tony Green's typed paper (with ms. corrections) on the ballad 'McCaffery', [54] leaves. The paper consists of a discussion of eight oral versions of the ballad, including its historicity, function, variants, the characteristics of the descent groups and the idea of 'McCaffery' as a historical ballad, in the contexts of song traditions in the United States and Ireland, and other aspects of oral tradition.
The file also contains a photocopy of a newspaper article written by Gerard Corr for the 'Lancashire Evening Post', on Private Patrick McCafferyand the story behind the ballad.
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