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Clara Stevens 51
Pam Morgan 30
Matilda Anderson 86
Anita Best 35
Kate Wilson 70
Ada Sims 45
Mary Flynn 55
Elsie Best 63
Margaret Giovannini ?
324
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UC
CE
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RC
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RC
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Gender Distribution in Relation to Frequency
Table IVI
2, 74, 84, 286, 293
10,77,93
53,54
53,100
53
54
84
100
278
total # versions Women Singers
77 28
(Ianon., I mixed and I fern. duet)
20 16
100 16
93 14
53 12
84 10
200 10
78 9 (2 anon.)
81 8
286 8
4 6
14 6 (1 mixed duet)
278 6
The most evidently, the versions recorded since 1972 reveal a double ratio of men to
women singers (Table III). A male predominance among ballad singers has indeed been
noted in Newfoundland as in the other Canadian provinces; but this, as Doucette and
Quigley indicate, cannot be taken at face value:
Ballad singing appears to be more or less evenly distributed between the
sexes, with men rather than women having a slight edge, possibly because
men have been more accessible as informants in some COllecting
sitllations. 2
I Considered here arc only those types for which over 5 versions have becn recorded from
differcnt singers. This restriction was made for the sake of their more repreSC11111live
value.
2Quigley and Douccl1e 12.
16
7
8
7
8 65
3
6
7
4
2
5
14