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Bill D Origins: Unfortunate Miss Bailey (34) RE: Origins: Unfortunate Miss Bailey 23 Dec 24


I've been looking up versions of this all morning, and 90% of them just give The Kingston Trio version.
Finally, I just entered the phrase "Miss Bailey- Mudcat" and viola! Here we are, with my earlier posts.
I am very glad to see that last post by Kevin Andrew Murphy, as it not only gives a dated London broadside, but also comports with the female friend I mention up there ^ having been at the Library of Congress.
   It's a song that really gives a lot of room for accidental 'folk processing', and intentional alterations.
   I do like the wording in the last verse, and I may alter my own version which had
"Next morn his man came to his door,
'Oh, John my man come dress me.
Miss Bailey's got my 5 pound note',
Said John, "Good heavens, bless me.
You shouldn't mind if she has got
No more than all your riches,
But with your 5 pound note, egad,
She's got your only britches."

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