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Thread #65817   Message #1109588
Posted By: Susanne (skw)
04-Feb-04 - 07:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sweet William's Ghost (Hughie Jones)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hughie jones' sweet william's ghost
Sorry, Malcolm, forgot to add the info:
[1992:] Child asserts that the story has much in common with a supernatural ballad well known in Scandinavia. This particular version was given to Hughie [Jones] by Bert Lloyd in 1966. (Paul Adams, notes 'Voices')