Folk Songs from Somerset
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Cecil Sharp 1859–1924
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A song by Cecil Sharp.
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Cecil Sharp
1859–1924
Cecil James Sharp was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer, teacher, composer and musician. He was a key figure in the folk-song revival in England during the Edwardian period. According to Roud's Folk Song in England, Sharp was the country's "single most important figure in the study of folk song and music".
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