Hi,

An update: The American Antiquarian Society houses an earlier version of The Deming Broadside published in Baltimore between 1810-1819. Although the original source to the Deming text may never be known, traditional versions with text unique to the Deming broadside have been brought to Maritime Canada and Appalachia indicating the source could be a British broadside from the late 1700s which may have disappeared.

Additionally I've organized the traditional text of Gosport here: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/list-of-ballads-variants-of-the-gosport-tragedy.aspx

I am missing the Greig-Duncan version and can't seem to find it. I've looked at the table of contents in Volume 2 and it's not there. If someone could find out the volume or has access and can post text it would help.

                                        GOSPORT VERSIONS

A. British Isles (Title, Location, Informant, Collector, Approximate date; Associated broadside)

   1. "The Gosport Tragedy", no location or informant given; taken from print; Peter Buchan, 1825. Type Aa
   2. "The Gosport Tragedy" Port Gordon; Air by Jamie Coul, William Christie pre1881 [text from Buchan.]
   3. "The Gosport Tragedy" [ ] Greig-Duncan vol. 2, p. 49, no. 201
   4. The Gosport Tragedy," Orkney Island; Ethel Findlater

B. North America (Title, Location, Informant, Collector, Approximate date; Associated broadside)

             B. CANADA

   a. Newfoundland
       1) The Cruel Ship's Carpenter or Gosport Tragedy- King's Cove (NL); J. Hincock; Karpeles; 1929; Types Ba and Ca
       2) Pretty Polly- St. Vincent's (NL); D. Dobbin; Leach; 1951; Types Aa; Ba and Ca
       3) Gosport Tragedy- Seal Cove, White Bay (NL); J. Osborne; Peacock; 1960; Types Ba and Ca

b. Nova Scotia
       1) The Gosport Tragedy Tatamagouche (NS); Mrs. Margaret Curry; Mackenzie 1919 Type Ba
       2) The Ship's Carpenter- West Petpeswick (NS); T. Young; Creighton A; c. 1933;
       3) The Ship's Carpenter- Roman Valley (NS); Mrs. C. Kenny, Creighton B; pre1950; types Ba and Ca
       4) The Ship's Carpenter- Dartmouth (NS); Mrs. R. W. Duncan, Creighton D; pre1950;

   c. Ontario
       1) Ship's Carpenter (ON) LaRena Clark; Fowke; c. 1930
       2) Ship's Carpenter (ON) Leo Spencer; Fowke; 1962

   d. New Brunswick
       1) The Ship's Carpenter- Eel River Bridge (NB); G. Duplessis; Manny and Wilson

          C. UNITED STATES

   a. Maine
       1) The Gosport Tragedy; Carrie Grover

   b. Tennessee
       1) "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter- (TN) J. Stockson; Sharp B, 1916

   c. Ohio
       1) Ship's Carpenter (OH) Captain P. Nye; Lomax REC, 1937

   d. West Virginia
       1) "Young Beeham"- (WV) Cunningham; Cox C, pre1925 Type Aa; other

   e. Florida
       1) "The Ship Carpenter" Trenton (FL) Miss Inez Parrish; Morris; pre1950

   f. Maryland
       1) "Gospels of Libby" (MD) [    ] Carey, pre1970