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FOLK SONGS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

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Maud Karpeles ' talks about the expeditions she made with Cecil Sharp in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America
Until recently the people living in these remote regions have been almost entirely shut off from the rest of the world, and they have retained the traditional songa their ancestors brought with them from England 'and the Lowlands of Scotland when they sailed to America some two-and-a-half centuries age.
Singer. Patrick Shuldham-Shaw :

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Talks:
Maud Karpeles
Unknown:
Cecil Sharp
Singer:
Patrick Shuldham-Shaw

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