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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Debbie &amp; Pennie Davis:&#039;&#039;&#039; two of the youngest singers that I have recorded, singing (and clearly enjoying) the old ballad of &#039;&#039;Barbara Allen&#039;&#039;.  We made the recording in their pare...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Debbie &amp; Pennie Davis:&#039;&#039;&#039; two of the youngest singers that I have recorded, singing (and clearly enjoying) the old ballad of &#039;&#039;Barbara Allen&#039;&#039;.&amp;nbsp; We made the recording in their parents’ caravan, the adults having been pushed outside, because the girls refused to sing in their presence, and I was reminded of something that Zora Neale Hurston had said in her book of Negro folklore, &#039;&#039;Mules &amp; Men&#039;&#039; (1935) - ‘Folk-lore is not as easy to collect as it sounds.&amp;nbsp; The best source is where there are the least outside influences and these people, being usually under-privileged, are the shyest.’<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)&#039;&#039;</div>

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