Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
"The Whistling Gypsy"
Sometimes a Song

"The Whistling Gypsy"

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Sometimes a Song is a folk song. Most folk songs we feature at Word & Song are over a hundred years old, and some much older. By definition, a true folk song has to have been passed down by oral tradition over a period of time and have been known and sung by many people. A great number of what we consider American folk songs, of course, came here …

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