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Jim Brown Origins: Help with Gypsy Davy (91* d) RE: Origins: Help with Gypsy Davy 04 Dec 15

> What or who is an Ingram lord?

Hi Ritchie,
"Her Ingram Lord came home that night" reminds me of Jean Ritchie's version, which has "An English lord came home one night...". That sounds similar to "Ingram lord" and makes more sense. Any chance that the versions with "Ingram lord" could have started from someone mishearing "English lord"? Although I guess it could also have gone the other way, if someone was trying to make sense of "Ingram lord" and rationalized it to "English lord". Are there any other versions with "English lord"?

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