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Thread #9037   Message #57891
Posted By: Susan of DT
09-Feb-99 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Escape of Old John Webb/Billy Broke Locks
Subject: RE: John Webb
Once you found the John Webb, notice the #187 at the bottom, the Child number. Search for #187 to find 3 versions of the song. Dick and I had fun with this song. He knew the American version, which claimed to be about a jailbreak in Vermont or around there, and I knew the Scottish border version and said That sounds just like one of the border ballads in Child.