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Thread #111655   Message #2354040
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
31-May-08 - 08:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Crafty Maid's Policy
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Celtic song heard 30ish years ago
An English broadside song (Roud 1624) found occasionally in tradition in England and Canada and generally called 'The Crafty Maid's Policy'. Dealt with in a number of past discussions here: all of which, I think, can be found via thread  Help: Song about lady horse thief. Several sets of words (some more reliable than others) have been posted here at one time or another.

Some broadside editions can be seen, under various titles, at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

The crafty maid's policy