![]() ![]() He has often been criticized for this working method but I do not have any problem with it, not at least because it gave his own works a considerable historic depth. It is well known that Bob Dylan - especially in the early years of his career - used tunes or other elements from what was regarded as "old folksongs". On the other hand it was this song that brought the tune back into the mainstream. One reason is that I have heard this tune first from Dylan. Once again I can use a song by Bob Dylan as the starting-point. Variants of this particular melody have been used for numerous songs in the last three centuries. ![]() In the course of the time variant forms of this piece were sung to many different tunes and in the end it had mutated into "Scarborough Fair", a modern "old folksong" (see my article). Some song families have already been discussed here, for example the one whose visible history begins with the broadside ballad "The Elfin Knight" that was most likely published in the 1670s. I am always fascinated by song or tune families that have survived for considerable time, sometimes two or three centuries. The American Tradition II: Recycling "Old Folksongs" The American Tradition I: Hymns, Horses & Old British HitsĤ. ![]() The British Tradition - From James Oswald to John McCormackģ. "Farewell Angelina" & "Farewell To Tarwathie"Ģ. From "Earl Douglas' Lament" To "Farewell Angelina"ġ. ![]()
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