these songs Henderson describes this thematically, mean briel. The courtship, motherhood. No , and Tra01a0Ell songs unique and heartwarming whole. inspired both The women information have been organiser into sections on love and work. and distinction h20 beet the old and the new, the but somehow they have been integrated into a the songs have been meticulously annotated, so you are give a good deal of • about their history, their propagators, and where they can be heard. And the result is an extraordinary lively mix of social history and lament; comments on women's exhortations to change it The reader will find not only a wealth of little known, often very moving songs ut also many insights into the lives SILICTS. alt facts alongside the songs about, lot prostitutes; lady women's role in harvesting; how women But this book is anything but didactic It spills over with spirit and vitality - with women complaining of their men's lack of gumption, women having fun. Trico One section contains songs of recent struggles - the Trico workers strike songs, sons aboul songs of the picket line. One of the many achievements of the collection is that these contemporarv songs fit so the format between old and new, songs of complaint and and Sons or u of although given But I do commend it remarkable, villains; innovative contribution both to the study of women's history and to the history of British traditional music.
SALLY FELDMAN
Socialist Challenge
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