It's hard to tell, but two prime examples are Cecil Sharp, who redid all
the naughty bits in his 100 English Folksongs so that the English
Schoolkids wouldn't be contaminated, and Peter Blood-Patterson, whose Ris
Up Singing is almost painfully reworked to be Politically Correct.
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, J. J. Dias Marques wrote:
> I' m looking for studies on alterations done by editors on oral poetry
> texts, namely on ballads. Can you oblige?
> Very grateful in advance,
> J. J. Dias Marques
>
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