Laoise The version I posted of Sir Aldingar was from the Oxford Book of ballads. I did not check it against Child. Both Francis J. Child The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Dover) and Bertrand Bronson's The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (Princeton University Press) are out of print, but should be available from interlibrary loan since, at least the Child, were widely distributed. I have Child and the abridged Bronson. When Dick, Max and I get to dream wildly, we talk about cutting CD ROMS, not only of the digital tradition, but also of out of print classic song collections, starting with one of Child and Bronson, where the tune in Bronson plays when you click on it. Someday....