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Thread #148329   Message #3445374
Posted By: GUEST
01-Dec-12 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Captain Mark [Captain Markee?]
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Captain Mark [Captain Markee?]
Although Bronson's magnum opus is called The Traditional Tunes of The Child Ballads, he prints the words collected with the tunes, so the version above is what was collected by RVW.

In general I don't think there's an easy way to check which words were collected by RVW without checking the mss (or the journal for those published there). The Roud index will tell you which ones have no lyrics collected (it notes Text/Music or Music or Text); for the ones with text you'd have to see the mss to tell how much text.

For the songs you were requesting help with I did look at this with Roud a few days ago and, if my notes are right, the situation is: The ones listed as music only were Near Scarborough Town, Fair Flora, The Raven's Feather, I Went To Besty and Fourteenth Day of February. Those listed with text were Captain Markee and It's Of An Old Lord, the texts of both of which are in the threads here. Come Nancy Will You Marry Me doesn't appear in the Roud index as far as I can see (not anywhere!).

Mick