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Thread #173610   Message #4210246
Posted By: Robert B. Waltz
22-Oct-24 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: The wreck of the Ramillies Song/ Website
Subject: RE: The wreck of the Ramillies Song/ Website
Nick Dow wrote: I'll get back to you when I've checked but there were three songs on street literature I think, concerning the wreck of the Ramillies.

Only two that had much traditional currency, though. The big one is "The Loss of the Ramilles" (Laws K1; Roud #523) -- that appears to have been collected from 26 different people, assuming I'm correctly identifying informants (e.g. I would assume that "Mr. Crisp" and "Mr. Crist," both of Norfolk, are the same guy).

"The Fatal Ramillies" (Roud #1266) also shows up in tradition four or five times (there is a husband/wife confusion on that one), but it's mostly from broadsides.

There are other broadsides on the topic ("On the Loss of the Ramilies", Roud V27884, and doubtless others), but I can't find any other traditional songs.

There are a few traditional songs and broadsides about the Battle of Ramillies, which makes title searches tough.