"but it appears to be mostly overused in Scotland"
By American visitors over here
!In my book if any of these are in a completely different form then they can't be a Child Ballad,"
Can't really accept this Steve - these seem to have similarities that indicate they are from a common source
Just because Child missed them didn't mean he wouldn't have included them
When Bronson added the extra versions, they continued to be regarded as Child Ballads
Jim Carroll