"Roy Harris got 'The Dragoon's Ride' from Cyril Tawney"

Thanks for the correction, Reinhard - I should have checked those sleeve notes myself, particularly as I now remember Cyril coming up to me on one occasion after I'd sung the song, and talking about its Devonian history.

I should perhaprs have mentioned that Baring-Gould had copied out in his own hand the version of 'The Jolly Trooper' from 'Love's Garland', so Cyril would probably have found it amongst B-G's papers when he was researching the song. It is of course a commonplace but, having been disappointed not to find it in Cleave's rendition, I was relieved to find that it did at least have a historical association with 'The Dragoon's Ride'.