Let It Roll Podcast · Aug 10, 2026
Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.12
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Academic James Francis Child started collecting old ballads from ancient English books, and scholars were shocked when the same lyrics were found in the American South, still being sung.
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