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Thread #154917   Message #3638753
Posted By: Steve Gardham
03-Jul-14 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: 770 Ballad Sheets from PW Joyce
Subject: RE: 770 Ballad Sheets from PW Joyce
Very interesting! Nothing much new among the ballad sheets that isn't in other online collections. A new-to-me version of The Sailor Boy/Sweet William in Scrapbook 1 part 4 under the title The Constant Lover and a scarce version 'Judges and Juries' at Scrapbook 2 part 1 p30.

But perhaps more interesting some ms versions taken from oral tradition, some with tunes.
A very interesting version of 'Marrow Bones' recorded in 1857, scrapbook 2 pt1 pp59-63 called The Gay Old Woman'.

Bk2 pt 2 also has a full version of 'Lakes of Coolfin' pp19-21.

And a Bedlam ballad which I haven't yet identified but is familiar(any offers?) at 2-2 pp3-5 I think I spotted a broadside of it in one of the volumes but haven't time to check just now.

Well pointed up, M