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Richie	Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4 (114* d)	RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4	25 Jul 18
Hi, One of the earliest collected verses of the Irish-Scotch "pretty boy" versions appears in "Poems" by Mary Boddington, 1836, p. 313. She gives only one stanza and writes several more. According to Boddington: "The first verse belongs to an old ballad, of which I could never find any more; the air, without being of remarkable beauty, is soft and characteristic: I do not know its Irish name." "Oh, where were you all day?" Irish--Air "Oh, where were you all day, My own pretty boy? Oh, where were you all day, My comfort and joy? Fishing and fowling, mother: make my bed soon, I've a pain in my heart, and I fain would lie down." * * * * Richie

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