The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62969   Message #1019640
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
15-Sep-03 - 11:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Billy Barlow
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Another 'Billy Barlow'
It's different in some minor particulars. It would be interesting to know why you think it better. Where did Dyer-Bennett get it from? What tune was it sung to? The DT file, sadly but typically, names no source of any kind and gives no music. The only "Risky Rob" variant I know of appeared in Lomax, Our Singing Country, but I don't have a copy, so I don't know if either of these derives from it.