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GUEST,Kim-lin Origin: Child Owlet / Chylde Owlet (35) chylde owlet 18 Mar 01

Does anybody know anything about the origin of the song "Chylde Owlet" and its origins? It's on the database in the version as recorded by Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger, and I have an acapella version by Maddy Prior. It's so chilling a song I wondered if there was any information about whether it was based on a real event, or story.

Also, it ends so abruptly with two verses about Elkin moor dripping with Chylde Owlet' blood and flesh that I wondered if there were any longer versions?

I'd be grateful for any info anyone has on that.

Kim-lin.

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