The Loss of A True Love That Never Can Return: Travels of A Ballad
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The Loss of A True Love That Never Can Return: Travels of A Ballad

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Published 2005-06-01
Kari K. Veblen
University of Western Ontario
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Veblen, K. K. (2005). The Loss of A True Love That Never Can Return: Travels of A Ballad. MUSICultures, 32. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21597
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Abstract

The broadside ballad "Sweet William" or "The Sailor Boy" is a plaintive story of love and loss which has travelled far over two hundred years. Because "Sweet William" is both a common tale and a tale of common people, its appeal is tested with each retelling or re-singing. Today, one might learn this ballad through a number of media ranging from informal transmission one-to-one to printed and recorded sources to cyberspace. This paper considers the shifting ecology of ballad transmission using a far-flung and living song as a lens.
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