McKean, Thomas A.2013-02-262013-02-2620070873-0547http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2469I have been waiting for this book for a long time. This is not to say that David has been behind-hand, but rather that it is a very useful combination of introduction and detailed examination of a great tradition. It is well known that “traditional” singers rarely differentiate between ballads and the myriad other songs that pass for traditional.engDavid Atkinson, The english traditional ballad: theory, method, and practice, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002review