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Thread #164950   Message #3953231
Posted By: Steve Gardham
27-Sep-18 - 03:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Fair Maid of Bristol
Subject: Origins: Fair Maid of Bristol
Hi, here's another one for analysis and research. Only 2 versions in Roud, both from Hampshire (17811) easily found on the Full English EFDSS website. We're going to include it in our next book in the Hammond-Gardiner series. I can't remember a broadside of it I have seen but it is absolutely typical of broadside language, possibly a London or Bristol, or Hampshire printing. The last verse is definitely familiar.

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