"Child did indeed despise broadsides, Michael, but he did include rather a lot of them, considering his distaste!"
.,,.
Quite, Brian. But rarely, was it not the case, from actual broadside source, but because that particular broadside variant had previously appeared in one of those collections of the sort I have already mentioned? ~~ which he would then rubricate as his instant source in the headnote to that ballad.

~M~