The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #163685   Message #3911875
Posted By: Brian Peters
19-Mar-18 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter & Child Ballads
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter & Child Ballads
Actually Mick, I was singing through both the Coates and Quinn tunes while cycling over the hills, and 'nothing like' was perhaps too strong.

The first three notes are almost the same, and the third line ('he stood and he stood...') does have something of the same shape about it. The repeat patterns in the text are also alike, and different from the other versions in Bronson.

Incidentally, if we're looking for Transatlantic similarities, Bronson 2 (Creighton & Senior) is much the same shape as Dearnley's rather odd version from Cheshire.