Dear friends from the ballad mail-base,
a friend asked me whether a ballad written by Bertolt Brecht could be
translated from Scottish folk poetry. Brecht's heroine is a whore who has
lived through many a hardship during her life. After her death she is sent
away by the doorkeepers of heaven and hell likewise. Can anybody give me a
hint if their is a similar motive in a Scottish or English folk ballad?
Yours Barbara Boock, librarian
Barbara Boock, Bibliothekarin
Deutsches Volksliedarchiv
- Arbeitsstelle für internationale Volksliedforschung
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D 79100 Freiburg
Tel (49) 761 70 50 30
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