Hello. If the OP still has the copy of Belden, I am interested in information about songs collected and said to the in the family/ies of The Unfortunate Rake/Lad Cowboy's Lament Gambler's Blues in Belden.


For example, were the words 'St James Hospital' in any of these. Were any called 'The Unfortunate Rake'


All information gratefully received. I am compiling a sort of historiography on this song family