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"[LITTIES from a Ditty-Box," a recording new to me, heard from 3YL, was a cheering contribution to one’s knowledge of 20th Century folk-song. Since the course of modern civilisation has robbed the genuine and spontaneous thing of the opportunity to express the loftier emotions of mankind (the specialists here exert a monopoly) folksong has been confined to the convivial and the ribald. As, moreover, the title of this recording indicates that it was of a naval character, the reader will not be surprised to learn that the odour of blue-pencil was at times overpowering. I fear that it is in vain to insert such words as "blighter’-the audiencé has caught on. But such songs-and these were worthy representatives of the great unrecorded-and-likely-to-remain-so mass -tetain many sterling qualities: they are frequently fufny and their honesty, good-fellowship, and. complete lack of commercial hypocrisy uplift the heart.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 379, 27 September 1946, Page 11
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145Vernacular New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 379, 27 September 1946, Page 11
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