1thanks pavane will look out for both the nic jones and young tradition cds.as you say the oyster girl tune is well known i might try to put the words to the tune
2 cheers alan
3thanks ron.got your lyrics from mudcat and certainly is a london song.any versions i could look out for or on any cd's,i;ve found youtube great for accessibility but it will take longer for songs on cds.the hardest are the broadside ballads if i haven't heard them and they wern't recorded the oral tradition is great but quite slow and i'm not a very ptient person