Hi,

Almost done. Need some help figuring out a few versions from the UK. This was published in Contemporary Poetry and Prose - Volumes 1-2 - Page 2 by Roger Roughton in 1937, London and New York:

Jimmy the Fowler - collected by A. L. Lloyd (Norfolk)

Now all you young fellows that carry a gun,
I'll have you come home by the light of the sun.
For young Jimmy was a fowler, and a-fowling alone,
When he shot his own true love in the room of a swan.

Then home rushed young Jimmy with his dog and his gun,
Crying, "Uncle, dear uncle, have you heard what I've done?
O cursed be that old gunsmith that made my old gun,
For I've shot my own true love in the room of a swan!"

Then out rushed bold uncle with his locks hanging grey,
Crying, "Jimmy, dear Jimmy, don't you run away.
O don't you leave your own country till your trial do come on,
For they never would hang you for shooting a swan."

Well, the trial wore on and young Polly did appear,
Saying "Uncle, dear uncle, let Jimmy go clear,
For my apron was bound round me, and he took me for a swan.
And my poor heart lay bleedin' all on the green ground!"

What is his source? Do you think this was collected or taken from Gales 1921 JFSS version? The last line is definitely from Gales. Apparently, this was published by Lloyd several times with different stanzas added and is similar to one of his two recordings of the ballad.

Richie