Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Butcher Boy (folk song)

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The result was keep. Clearly notable (non-admin closure) Regards, MacMed^talk _stalk 02:07, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Butcher Boy (folk song)[edit]

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Notability Nightenbelle (talk) 02:55, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:58, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This song is well-attested in multiple places, as a Google Books search shows (WP:BEFORE a one word nomination?): "widely popular", "enormous circulation", "very popular ballad", etc. See for example "The Viking book of folk ballads of the English-speaking world", "Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois", "Ballads and sea songs from Nova Scotia", as well as the versions by Baez, O'Connor, etc. AllyD (talk) 17:25, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Allow me to add: the nominator should read WP:JNN. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:37, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep. As AllyD points out, this is a well-known, well-documented traditional song, and the nominator makes no case whatever for deletion. Just in case anybody wants more evidence of prominence, [1]. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:05, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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