McCaffery: A Study in the Variation and Function of a Ballad
Description
This file contains a photocopy of Tony Green's typed paper (with ms. corrections) on the ballad 'McCaffery', [54] leaves. The paper consists of a discussion of eight oral versions of the ballad, including its historicity, function, variants, the characteristics of the descent groups and the idea of 'McCaffery' as a historical ballad, in the contexts of song traditions in the United States and Ireland, and other aspects of oral tradition. The file also contains a photocopy of a newspaper article written by Gerard Corr for the 'Lancashire Evening Post', on Private Patrick McCafferyand the story behind the ballad.
Metadata
| Identifier | jvd4c48q |
| IRN | 410765 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF/14/1/1/8 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jvd4c48q |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Vocal Music: General |
| Creator(s) | Green, Anthony E |
| Date | [1970s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 file of photocopied papers. |