Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Puddens That Me Mother Used Te Myek


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:32, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

The Puddens That Me Mother Used Te Myek

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Wholly unsourced since its creation in 2012 (tagged since 2015), this "Geordie folk song" seems not to have been published, although a performance may have been broadcast on BBC, once. The article isn't sure, either. My WP:BEFORE search finds nothing, with the exception of many hits (<80) at Google books although the hits that are searchable return nothing (or nothing relevant) for "puddens" or "puddin". Many of these hits are dictionaries of dialect or lists of words and phrases. I can't prove, therefore, that any of these books pay direct attention to the putative song (and even if they do, I have no page numbers to cite). The closest I come to finding the title anywhere is in the 2nd EL, a page for an actual recording The Cheviot Hills, which mentions that composer Jack Robson also wrote this song. SO: can't prove WP:V or WP:GNG, WP:NSONG seems to also fail. Beyond which, article consists primarily of the complete lyrics (despite: the "song does not appear to have ever been published, officially") and apparent WP:OR concerning some of the variations of wording. I hate to kill off a culturally relevant work, but if it's known only through oral traditions (since, maybe 1950), how can we write about it? &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 12:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 12:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 12:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Nothing in Gscholar or JStor, not sure where else to look. Delete unless we can find some sources. Oaktree b (talk) 14:03, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see how this meets notability requirements. Didn't chart, not the subject of sources, not covered by multiple notable artists... Brianyoumans (talk) 16:41, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I couldn't find sufficient sources to show notability. Suonii180 (talk) 08:13, 30 April 2021 (UTC)


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