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Thread #170818   Message #4130831
Posted By: GUEST,Rory
03-Jan-22 - 07:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Jolly Soldier
Subject: RE: Origins: The Jolly Soldier
A further explanation of the categorization of the Bold Soldier family of ballads can viewed in Richard Matteson's BluegrassMessengers site. Go to the tab Child Ballads 7A(Appendix) - Lady and the Dragoon.

Basically, "The Master-piece of Love-Songs" (1695) is a rewrite of "The Seaman's Renown in winning his fair lady" (1670).