My daughter wanted only two things for Christmas … a banjo … and a bullfrog

"We're still working on that bullfrog ...! Traditional music has been learned "knee-to-knee" and passed down from one generation to the next in the oral tradition -  one person teaching the next.  These songs do not have any authentic or original version because regional and local influences over time have self-selected those variants that become preferred. A single artist may perform the songs similarly each time that it is played, but it is often the community…

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