Bronson speaks of the tune used by Mrs. Brown. In an article in the California Folklore Quart., vol. 1, no. 2, Apr. 1942, he speaks of this tune ("Professor Child's Ballad Tunes," pp. 185-200).

"The fifth and last of Child's Abbotsford tunes is "Lady Elspat" (Child, 247b). .... Ritson giving the Abbotsford tune to the following ballad in his transcript: namely, to "King Henry" (Child 32). The words of "King Henry" fit the tune without much difficulty. The proper tune, therefore, for "Lady Elspat" is the following" [short score given] (pp. 191-192).

Do any of the recorded versions use Mrs. Brown's 'Abbotsford' tune or the one in Tyler's MS.?