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Thread #51984   Message #794120
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
30-Sep-02 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Quiz - Early Ballads
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - Early Ballads
No. 19. Wakefylde and agrene. Just possibly a form of The Pinder of Wakefield, which had the burden, In Wakefield all on a green. See Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

The jolly pinder of Wakefield Printed between 1658 and 1664 for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Glberson [sic], London. Wood 402(42)

The jolly pinder of Wakefield: with Robin Hood, Scarlet, and Iohn Printed between 1674 and 1679 for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke [London]. Wood 401(61)