Richie

Do you know that Baring-Gould's letters to Child are available online? They're on the EFDSS Take Six pages. If you open the Tree View link on the right of the search area and open the Baring-Gould leaf, the Child correspondence is one of the sections under that.

The Cherry-Tree Carol doesn't appear as a heading there, but I didn't read through the letters, so it may be referred to there. It's possible that he didn't mention it to Child and Child didn't come across the book reference.

I wish I'd got the Child's Unfinished Masterpiece (Mary Ellen Brown) for Christmas, as I'd intended (but didn't). It's be interesting to see if it has anything to say. Perhaps Steve or Brian can offer some help.

Mick