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Thread #159967   Message #3793120
Posted By: Richie
31-May-16 - 10:33 PM
Thread Name: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
Subject: RE: DTStudy: Molly Bawn (Polly Vaughn)
Hi,

Here are the 42 North American versions I've done so far:

    Polly Wand- (MA) c.1810 Isaiah Thomas Broadside
    Mollie Vaughn- Valera Ervine (WV) c.1814 Cox C
    Polly Band- Lambertson (MI-OH-NJ) c1850 Gardiner
    Polly von Luther & Jamie Randall- (NY)1857 Andrews
    Mollie Vaunders- Mrs. Stump (WV-OH) 1885 Cox A
    Polly Vann- Mrs. Allen (MA) pre1899 Kittredge A
    Molly Vaunder- Ella Wilson (WV) c1901 Boette
    Song called Mollie Bawn- M.L.F. (ME) 1907 Barry C
    Jimmy Ranvul- Currence Hammonds (WV) c. 1907
    Mollie Bond- Lauda Whitt (KY) 1916 Kittredge B
    Molly Baun- Sallie Adams (KY) 1916 Kittredge C
    Polly Bam- Jane Hicks Gentry (NC) 1916 Sharp A
    Mollie Van- Addy Crane (TN) 1916 Sharp B
    Molly Bander- George Gibson (KY) 1917 Sharp C
    Polly- Eliza Pace (KY) 1917 Sharp E
    Molly Bon- Margaret Dunnigan (KY) 1917 Sharp F
    Mollie Van- Susan Moberley (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
    Molly Vaunder- George Gregg (WV) 1917 Cox B
    Molly Van- Laura V. Donald (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
    Molly Varn- Mrs. F. Fitzgerald (VA) 1918 Sharp D
    Johnnie Randle- Jesse Harvey (MS) 1926 Hudson A
    Molly Bawn- Mr. Condon (ME) 1928 Barry D
    Molly Bawn- Nellie Fogg (ME) 1928 Barry E
    Molly Bond- Thomas Ghaney (NS) 1929 Karpeles
    Molly Bawn- Mary Hindle (ME) 1932 Carr/Barry A
    Polly Vaughn- Emma Dusenbury (AR) c.1933 BK
    Molly Bawn- Mrs Morse (ME) pre1935 Barry B
    Molly Baun- Mrs. McClellan (MI) 1935 Gardner A
    Jimmy Randall- Charles Archer (NJ) 1936 Halpert A
    Jimmy Randalls- Tom Test (NJ) 1936 Halpert B
    Jimmy Randall- George Test (NJ) 1936 Halpert C
    Jimmy Randall- Clarence Webb (NJ) 1936 Halpert D
    Mollie Vaughn- F. Swetnam (MS-KY) 1936 Hudson B
    Polly Van- Lucy Allen (MA) pre1939 Linscott
    Molly Banding- Albert Richter (PA) 1946 Bayard
    Molly Bonder- (OH) pre1955 Bruce Buckley REC
    As Jimmie Went A-Hunting- Boutilier (NS) 1950 REC
    Polly Van- Paul Clayton (MA) pre1956 REC
    Molly Van- Dan Tate (NC) 1962 Foss/Yates
    Polly Vaughn- R. Dillard (MO) 1963 Dillards REC
    Molly Bawn- Sarah Cleveland (NY) 1966 REC
    Molly Bender- Phyllis Marks (WV) pre1991 Davies

Access versions here: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/us--canada-versions-4-molly-bawn-polly-vaughn.aspx

There are about 18 more to go- so I'll have about 60 and there are a few more UK version than NA versions.

The other version of "Polly Wand" see a couple posts back- has not been authenticated so I'm not adding it for now. The authors are trying to find ballads from the Revolutionary Period but I need proof :) Plus they report that it was a "broadside version issued by Nathaniel Coverly, Jr. of Boston shortly after 1800." That evidence is not shown, the date is c. 1810 and no printer is given.

Richie