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historical ballads
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The Haunting Legacy of They Are Eating the Dogs Song
No one knows who wrote it. No sheet music survives. Yet versions of the same haunting refrain have been recorded in Appalachian hollers, Scottish border...
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The Old Lady’s Bold Bite: Decoding There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
The old lady’s appetite is legendary. With each verse of "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly," she escalates from a trivial insect to a horse—a...