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Thread #50410   Message #1405325
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
10-Feb-05 - 09:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Tune Req: The Highwayman Outwitted
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Highwayman Outwitted
The point I was trying to make (nearly 3 years ago, now) was that there are a lot of overlapping songs that tell essentially the same story. They are carried by a good few different tunes, so "Jarrold"s confident assertion that "the tune" for "this song" (which version of it? There are a great many) can be found on one particular record doesn't tell us anything very helpful without specific details.

The Crafty Farmer strand belongs to Roud 2637. It's usually called The Yorkshire Bite, but was very popular in Britain, America and Canada; so there are lots of versions (with various titles) and lots of tunes. Which one did you mean, Dave?