Hi Bill and Georgina,
I can't help specifically with these postings, but a few years ago I
corresponded with Lani Herrmann who was doing work on Niles.
She's not a member of the Ballad List. The last email address I
have for her is:
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Julia
> I'd be interested in any info about this posting. In particular, where and
> to whom did Niles make these admissions, and was it viva voce or in
> print? What we can find out about Niles's versions intrigues me. Does
> anyone know, for example, whether he left notebooks, and where those
> notebooks might be found.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -- Bill McCarthy
>
>
>
> At 09:30 AM 5/24/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hi Everyone,
> >
> >Georgina Boyes has asked me to forward the following message to
> >the list.
> >------- Forwarded message follows -------
> >Send reply to: "Georgina Boyes" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >John Jacob Niles, in his later career, admitted that he had written the
> >versions of some of the carols he had previously reported collecting. I
> >seem to remember "the old lady with the grey hat" who provided "The
> >Coventry Carol" recorded at an "Old Timers' Day" on the 16th June 1934 at
> >Gatlinburg, Tenn. turned out to be a fiction.
> >Can anyone confirm whether Amos Curtis, the Holiness preacher who
> >reportedly sang "Down in Yon Forest" in Cherokee County, North Carolina in
> >1933 was equally spurious - or did he actually exist ?
> >
> >
> >------- End of forwarded message -------
> >
> >
> >
> >Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
> >National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
> >University of Sheffield
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> >U.K.
> >
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Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
U.K.
Tel: (Direct Line) 0114 222 6295 (A FURTHER NEW NUMBER!)
(NATCECT Office) 0114 222 6296
EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
*******************************************************
*New publication! *
*PLAY TODAY IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND *
*LIFE, LEARNING AND CREATIVITY *
*Edited by Julia C. Bishop and Mavis Curtis *
*See http://195.89.185.89/bd.cgi/openup/isb?0335207154*
*******************************************************
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