Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington, 24th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/2
I Don’t Care If I Do
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington, July 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/6
From Ted Lancefield
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington, July 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/4/18
The Big Plum Pudding
From Harding
Collected by Francis Collinson, Great Chart, 28th June 1944
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/5/31
Bird Scarer’s Cry
From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3C
Broom Seller’s Cry
From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3D
Knife Grinder’s Cry
From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3B
Mutiny at the Nore
From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3A
The Cricketer
Collected by Francis Collinson, Bethersden, 25th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/12
The text is very similar to that printed on a broadside by J. Catnach of Seven Dials, between 1813 and 1838. A copy of the broadside is in the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads collection, and is also included in an Album of Broadside Ballads, Volume 5, held by the University of Kentucky.
Buttercup Joe
Collected by Francis Collinson, Bethersden, 25th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/8A
Bold Princess Royal
From Bill Epps
Collected by Francis Collinson, St. Nicholas at Wade, 19th May 1948
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/34