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Thread #143842   Message #3330290
Posted By: Steve Gardham
28-Mar-12 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Child Ballads in 18th c. America?
Subject: RE: Origins: Child Ballads in 18th c. America?
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Again highly suspicious. It is a typical Peter Buchan expansion of the 2 stanzas in Herd, and Christie simply expands on much of Buchan's expansions. Neither are trustworthy as Child proclaimed on numerous occasions. The version in Belden is almost verbatim the Buchan concoction and very likely derives from Child.   (IMO)