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Thread #159568   Message #3783045
Posted By: Steve Gardham
03-Apr-16 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Subject: RE: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Sorry I missed a couple of useful refs.

Baring Gould in Songs of the West refers to a version in The Rambler's Garland (probably Gosport Tragedy)

And I have a BL copy of 'The Gosford Tragedy or the Perjured Carpenter' with no imprint but dated 1775. It has 17 and a half double sts. There are 2 printings of this in the BL.