Hi,

I don't think Giles Collins was originally a burlesque (just as Child 42 isn't). It was perceived to be one when the "Lord Lovell" form was used in 'Giles Collins and Proud Lady Anna' (Child- Version B) from Gammer Carton's Garland, p. 38, ed. 1810. It begins:

1    Giles Collins he said to his old mother,
Mother, come bind up my head,
And sent to the parson of our parish,
For tomorrow I shall be dead, dead,
For tomorrow I shall be dead.

That's the reason Child/Kittredge call this a counterpart to Lord Lovel.

Richie