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Reinhard Lyr Add: King James and the Tinker (7) RE: Lyr Add: King James and the Tinker 02 Mar 22

The Traditional Ballad Index lists "King James and the Tinker" as references and broadsides for Child 273 / Roud 248 King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth.

The Child Ballad Database lists John Kirkpatrick's King Jamie and the Tinker as an example for Child 273.

The Roud Index catalogues King James and the Tinker an Roud 8946, not as Roud 248 / Child 273.

The Bodleian Library calogues King James and the Tinker as Roud 8946 too.

Both songs confer the idea of the King dressing as a commoner and going among his subjects which is as old as the idea of kingship. But I don't think this is enough reason to claim them to be the same song; the actual plot is quite different.

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