The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14534   Message #125753
Posted By: Lesley N.
19-Oct-99 - 10:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Silk Merchant's Daughter
Subject: RE: The Silk Merchant's Daughter
Funny you should mention that I just sequenced it from Lucy Broadwood's collection (she has it as "Through Moorfields." It's at Through Moorfields (http://www.contemplator.com/folk6/moorfield.html). In her version (1890s) the hero sailor has been replaced by a hero silk mercer. They must have been getting better press than sailors at that point...