The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41994   Message #610297
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
15-Dec-01 - 07:23 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Lads of Virginia
Subject: RE: Lads of Virginia - History?
I assumed given the length, and now having compared it with your version in the Bodleian (I was having trouble with response from the Bodleian (or my server) when I was looking last night) which is word for word the same (including the spelling plow omitting 1 of the broadside verses, that the Silverman text was manuscript rather than oral, with tune appended by him. But I agree it would be nice to know.

Mick