J Luigi Speranza wrote:
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>I love the heat, and will do some web search to see what else I find about F
>J Child, as I'm now pretty much intrigued why a man from the USA spent his
>life in a furrin country collecting and especially numbering ditties which
>must have been all furrin to him. I'll also try and find out if his
>ancestors were either from England or Scotland. I'm sure there must be tons
>of info of him. Who could be the ENGLISHMAN or ENGLISHWOMAN to compare to
>him in the study of England's balladry? C Sharp I don't think because his
>passion was folkSONG. Lloyd I don't think either. Wm Chappell? Kidson? Goss?
I heartily recommend the following website:
http://www.contemplator.com/child/index.html
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