Editing Song (section)

====Sporting====
A sporting song is a folk song that celebrates [[fox hunting]], [[horse racing]], [[gambling]] and other recreations.

Although songs about boxers and successful racehorses were common in the nineteenth century, few are performed by current singers. In particular, fox-hunting is considered [[political correctness|politically incorrect]]. The most famous song about a foxhunter, "[[D'ye ken John Peel]]" was included in ''[[The National Song Book]]'' in 1906 and is now often heard as a marching tune. [[A. L. Lloyd]] recorded two EPs of sporting ballads; "Bold Sportsmen All" (1958) and "Gamblers and Sporting Blades (Songs of the Ring and the Racecourse)" (1962). The [[High Level Ranters]] and Martin Wyndham-Read recorded an album called "English Sporting Ballads" in 1977. ''[[The Prospect Before Us]]'' (1976) by [[The Albion Country Band|The Albion Dance Band]] contains two rarely heard hunting songs.