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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Jun-12 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There was an old woman tossed up in a...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There was an old woman tossed up in a...
"Lilliburlero" in the Traditional Ballads Index.

The Opies date the first appearance of "There was an old woman...." to 1784, in a Gammar Gurton's Garland.


"There was a wee wifie rowed up in a blanket" (Old Scottish version).
See DT, lyrics and melody. Chambers 1847.