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Posted By: GUEST,Richie
24-Jan-13 - 01:14 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 4
Subject: RE: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 4

Hi,

I've done some looking at US versions titled "Daddy Be Gay" (Farmer's Curst Wife). What is the origin of these?

What is the earliest date of the Mother Goose rhyme "The Old Woman Under the Hill" ?

Richie