From Bob Ellison
Collected by Cecil Sharp, Belvedere, 4th September 1914
Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes CJS2/10/3024B
There was a King
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 7th April 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/there-was-a-king–child-10y-the-twa-sisters.aspx
Roud 8, Child 10
When I Was A Maid
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 7th April 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website,
http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/when-i-was-a-maid.aspx
Roud ?
The Lady and the Handsome Butcher
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 22nd May 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/the-lady-and-the-handsome-butcher.aspx
Roud ?
Oh good Lord Judge
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 7th April 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/o-good-lord-judge–child-95a-maid-freed.aspx
Roud 144, Child 95
Long Longkin
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 19th April 1775
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/long-longkin–parsons-1775-child-93k-lamkin.aspx
Roud 6, Child 93
Steve Gardham suggests that the lines “He was in league with the nurse who let him in to one of the low rooms” and “Whilst he and the nurse are plundering the house the Lord comes home & avenges himself upon those wicked villains” were spoken interjections, where the singer could remember the gist of the story, but not the specific
Lady Owncibell
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 7th April 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/-lady-owncibell-ouncebelle-child-75a-lord-lovel.aspx
Roud 48, Child 75
Ballad of Sweet William
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 7th April 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/fair-margaret–child-74c-.aspx
Roud 253, Child 74
The first two verses were omitted in Parson’s original, but are reproduced from Percy’s Reliques of ancient English poetry, Volume 3. Rev Parsons Parsons wrote:
The Ballad of Sweet William was the same as Yours in the Stanzas I have omitted. In the 8th Stanza and 35th Line Yours runs:
To dream thy Bower was full of ‘red’ Swine, which last words are marked as of uncertain reading. I think I have restored the Original Reading. The Person from whose mouth I took it Sung it thus:
My Chamber was full of wild men’s wine, which is absolute nonsense, but if altered to wild men and Swine, is perfect sense and naturally Expresses a horrid and hurrying Dream.
Like Hermit Poor
Collected by Rev. Philip Parsons from a female parishioner, Wye
Sent to Thomas Percy 22nd May 1770
From the Percy Papers (Percy MS – 129.A) via the Bluegrass Messengers website, http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/like-hermit-poor.aspx
Roud ?
Dame Durden
From the Batt Brothers
Collected by Francis Collinson, Bethersden, 25th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/14