Hi Steve,

Regarding the 19 stanza broadside c.1670 also printed with changes in the US in the Forget-Me-Not songster c.1844- question 3):

The same ballad as found in tradition does not have stanza 4- it simply is not found in tradition (with several rare exceptions).

4    And as it befell on a high holidaye,
As many did more beside,
Lord Thomas he went to Fair Ellinor,
That should have been his bride.

Since this stanza is not found in tradition what does that tell us?

Richie