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Thread #159568 Message #3783043
Posted By: Steve Gardham
03-Apr-16 - 10:43 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Subject: RE: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Here's a quick analysis of the many versions on British broadsides. You might find different ones in the Roud Broadside Index.
The Gosport Tragedy or The Perjured Ship-Carpenter: (34 sts unless otherwise stated.)
Bow Church Yard (Diceys)
Aldermary Church Yard
Johnson, Falkirk
Pitts, London
Besley, Exeter
Various Forget-me-not-Songsters
Robertson, Glasgow (35)
Harward, Tewkesbury (33)
All the rest have 11 sts unless otherwise stated
Polly's Love or The Cruel Ship Carpenter:
Pitts/Catnach/Ryle/Fortey/Hodges, London
Harkness, Preston
W. Ford, Sheffield
Polly's Love:
Hook Brighton
The Cruel Ship's Carpenter:
Just about everybody following on from Pitts/Catnach all over the country.
Ship Carpenter:
Russell, Birmingham
Wm Walker, Newcastle
Wilson, Cambridge
Love and Murder:
Armstrong, Liverpool
Williams, Plymouth
Marshall, Newcastle
Pollock, North Shields
Bloomer, Birmingham
Nancy's Ghost: (10 sts)
Angus, Newcastle