Thanks Kevin and Brian,

Kevin, you're detailed notes are helpful. The gift of the "beaver cap" shows Maud's version has brought in stanzas from the standard US versions represented by Child Y. My theory is that the Hick/Harmon versions with resuscitation stanzas predate the standard English text and that the latter was derived from this early version but the resuscitation stanzas were dropped or forgotten.

As far as Child 11 it was popular then disappeared in the mid-1800s. Does anyone have Baring-Gould's version? As I remember a version was sent to him and he also had a nursery version he published. The traditional ballad index infers that the cruel brother kills his sister because of jealousy rather than because his permission was not obtained-- and that the evidence is found in the dying bride's will. Anyone have versions that support this?

Richie