Hi,

Today all the the headnotes have been written and exist in rough form as found in these posts.

The Died for Love project has taken about 6 months and includes first:

7. Died for Love
   A. Died for Love-- Roud 60, Roud 495 ("I Wish, I Wish," "Alehouse") c. 1780 some early stanzas c. 1686
   B. The Cruel Father ("A squire's daughter near Aclecloy,") her love is sent to sea- dies of a cannonball; Roud 23272, number missing c.1785
   C. The Rambling Boy ("I am a wild and a rambling boy") Roud 18830, c. 1765
   D. Brisk Young Lover ("A brisk young sailor courted me,") Roud 60, c. 1785
   E. Butcher Boy ("In Jersey city where I did dwell") Roud 409; Roud 18832; Laws P24, late 1700s in the US
   F. Foolish Young Girl, or, Irish Boy ("What a foolish girl was I,") Roud 60, c.1770
   G. Queen of Hearts ("The Queen of Hearts and the Ace of sorrow") Roud 3195, 1820s.
   H. The Darling Rose ("My love he is a false love,"); broadside, an imitation of a minstrel version, dated 1851
   I. There is a Tavern in the Town by William H. Hills, c.1883. ("There is a tavern in the town") Roud 18834; "Radoo, Radoo, Radoo" and "Adieu" c. 1840s
   J. Maiden's Prayer ("She was a maiden young and fair") c.1918; Roud 18828

To view online: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/7-died-for-love-brisk-young-sailorrambling-boy.aspx

These ten arguably different songs are all part of 7. Died for Love. A, D, and F are closest to what was once Roud 60, best represented by D. Brisk Young Lover. There are no Roud numbers for B or H (a single version) and one should be assigned for B since there are a number of versions.

In addition to these ten fundamental variants are these 26 appendices:

7A. The Sailor Boy, or, Sweet William
7Aa. Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea (Deep Blue Sea)
7B. Love Has Brought Me To Despair
7C. Sheffield Park (The Unfortunate Maid)
7D. Every Night When The Sun Goes In
7E. Will Ye Gang Love, or, Rashy Muir
7F. My Blue-Eyed Boy (The Willow; Sailor Boy)
7G. Early, Early by the Break of Day (Two Hearts; What a Voice)
7H. She's Like the Swallow
7I. I Love You, Jamie
7J. I Know My Love By His Way of Walking
7K. Love Is Teasing (Love Is Pleasing)
7Ka. Oh Johnny, Johnny
7L. Careless Love
7La. Dink's Song
7M. The Colour of Amber
7N. Through Lonesome Woods
7O. Must I Go Bound?
7P. I am a Rover (The Rover)
7Q. Deep in Love (Deep as the Love I'm In)
7R. Yon Green Valley (Green Valley)
7S. Down in a Meadow (Unfortunate Swain)
7T. Bury Me Beneath The Willow
7U. Wheel of Fortune (When I Was Young; The False Lover)
7Ua. Young Ladies (Little Sparrow)
7V. The Ripest Apple (Ripest of Apples)

Died for Love and these 26 songs and ballads (appendices) all have headnotes. Additionally there are headnotes for the individual versions (US & Canada Version- headnotes) (British and other versions- headnotes).

The three most important additional broadsides are:
Constant Lady and the False-Hearted Squire (c. 1686)
Unfortunate Swain (c. 1750 but earlier) see also "Waly, Waly"
Wheel of Fortune (c.1830)

Several other songs (Black is the Color; Madam, I have come to Court You etc.) are distantly related or related to the Appendices. They will not be added as appendices but will have a separate number as a listing.

I want to thank everyone for their help and suggestions, especially Steve Gardham who has generously supplied broadsides and text and Gwilym Davies who sent a few recordings. I'm asking Joe Offer to please leave this thread open for corrections and new versions until later this year. Comments and suggestions are welcome,

Richie