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Thread #160090   Message #3798143
Posted By: Richie
28-Jun-16 - 02:36 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Drowsy Sleeper
Subject: RE: Origins: Drowsy Sleeper
Hi,

Steve- I'm missing one page of Greig/Duncan; 163 and with that page I can finish two versions of "I Will Set My Ship". TY Here is the broadside:

"The Wandering Maiden; or, True Love at length united," &c.: "to an excellent new tune." "Printed by J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur Street, without Newgate." It commences thus :—

"Over hills and high mountains long time have I gone;
Ah ! and down by the fountains, by myself all alone;
Through bushes and briars, being void of all care,
Through perils and dangers for the loss of my dear."

This seems like "Bramble Briar" but I can't find the rest of the text.

Richie