Thanks Wolfgang. Palmer is pretty reliable, and knows his broadsides, mostly directly from the collections, not reprints. I guess I wasn't the first to identify "The Bloody Miller" ballad as Laws P35. I didn't know about that Palmer book. I have several others of his, including 'Everyman's Book of British Ballad', 1980.

I forgot to look there for many songs on threads here. He has in it: The Lambton Worm/ A Woman's work is never done/ The Great Silkie/ The Swan Swims Bonny (twa sisters)/ The Lobster (old Sea Crab) and others.

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