The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132271   Message #2991809
Posted By: Steve Gardham
22-Sep-10 - 07:11 PM
Thread Name: Fishing for Polly
Subject: RE: Fishing for Polly
Thanks, Matthew
That's certainly a scarce American piece. I only have versions from Lomax, Davies, Belden and Wolf. It appears on first impressions to be a collection of floaters and if so what was it doing in Dorset in the middle of the 19th century? The stanza sounds much more familiar than that.
I'll check out the Roud Index and see if that throws any light on it.