Word: ballads
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...auto came along and the state put paved highways through the Ramapos. Soon the woods were full of artists, Boy Scouts, welfare workers, summer cottages. A mountain man couldn't sing a ballad to himself, like "If life was a thing that money could buy, The rich would live and the poor would die," without somebody pouncing on it as something wonderful that was 500 years old and came straight from England...
...remainder of the evening WHCN will present a new kind of marathon show, this one known as Ballad Orgy, which will put on display about all the folk records in Cambridge plus any live talent that happens to drop around...
...Wallace Woodworth '24 will lead the chorus through a variety of offerings, covering the whole scope of the year's Glee Club activities, which may range from sixteenth century motifs to modern pieces in the lighter vein. "Casey Jones," familiar American railroad ballad, and "Spanish Ladies," a rollicking arrangement of an English sea chantey, will highlight the latter category...
...show's biggest asset is pint-sized Nancy Walker (Best Foot Forward, On the Town), who, as class-conscious Yetta Samovar, shows all her likable toughness, sharp timing and comic verve. But Nancy Walker's biggest asset is her way with a good brassy ballad, which she chants in a good brassy way, and Barefoot Boy allots her exactly...
...Productions, a committee of undergraduates engaged in promoting theatrical productions and celebrity appearances, announced yesterday that it will feature Josh White, "America's favorite ballad-singer," in a concert to be held at the Rindge Tech Auditorium Friday...