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Thread #140911 Message #3277866
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
21-Dec-11 - 03:02 PM
Thread Name: Child Ballads: US Versions
Subject: RE: Child Ballads: US Versions
Richie - just a small note re your website version from Mr.Olney. The text in the book at google The Burly, Burly Banks of Barbry O (click the Page 61 link) has a couple of minor differences:
The refrain line is given as High in the lea and the lonely O and in stanza 10 it has And it's there he ended her sweet life.
I don't know if it's different in the Eight Traditional Ballads source.