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Thread #29787   Message #378572
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
20-Jan-01 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: King Edward IV and a Tanner of Tamworth
Subject: RE: King Edward IV & the Tanner of Tamworth
Child has one primary text (39 verses I thought, but I may have mis-counted) and, I think, three more versions in appendices.  There's also a text (45 verses) in A Bundle of Ballads, by Henry Morley (1891); I have Child A and the Morley set, which I should imagine also appears in Child -take your pick.  I believe there are two sets in Bronson, presumably with tunes.  The same basic story turns up with various different kings and professions.  There are two broadside copies at the  Bodleian Library Broadside Collection:

A pleasant new ballad of King Edward the fourth, and a tanner of Tamworth  Printed between 1663 and 1674 F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright of London.

A pleasant new ballad of King Edward the fourth: and a tanner of Tamworth as he rode a hunting with his nobles towards Drayton Bassett  Printed between 1658 and 1664 for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson of London.

These are large images.