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Thread #161176   Message #3833865
Posted By: Richie
21-Jan-17 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Died for Love: Sources and variants
Subject: RE: Origins: Died for Love: Sources and variants
TY, Lighter, I emailed the person who had the Ferguson info on her site, no response yet.

Hi Gwilym, I finally did find a listing for Mrs. Packer on Roud with no text:

A Brisk Young Sailor
Roud Folksong Index (S329128)
First Line:
Source: Percy Grainger Phonograph (Cylinder) Collection (VWML CDA Tape Collection No.3)
Performer: Packer, Mrs.
Date: 1908 (5 Apr)
Place: England: Gloucestershire: Winchcombe
Collector: Grainger, Percy

I haven't found any source except for GlosTrad with the text which is:

3. There is a tavern in the town,
And there my true love sits him down
And takes another lass on his knee,
And never ever thinks of me.

Richie