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Thanks, Peter. Any objections if I use ideas from the AL Lloyd quote in a poem - the qualities of words as plunder? Reuben On 10 July 2018 at 12:53, Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On 9 Jul 2018, at 3:24 am, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > What are the border ballads? I'm uh asking for a friend > > > Traditional sung narrative poems collected (initially) in the region of > the border between Scotland and England. > > "The bare rolling stretch of country from the North Tyne and Cheviots to > the Scottish southern uplands was for a long time the territory of men who > spoke English but had the outlook of Afghan tribesmen; they prized a poem > almost as much as plunder, and produced such an impressive assembly of > local narrative songs that some people used to label all our greater folk > poems as 'Border ballads’” A.L.Lloyd > > Not to be confused with bawdy ballads. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1