The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139263 Message #3192260
Posted By: Howard Jones
21-Jul-11 - 06:41 PM
Thread Name: Handweaver & Factory Maid (from Pilgrims Way)
Subject: RE: PILGRIMS WAY - Handweaver Factory Maid
In "Folk Song in England" Bert Lloyd says it's from an 1830s broadside from Oldham. Unfortunately we now know that he was not an entirely reliable source.