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Performer: Thomas, Henry
Place Collected: Chipping Sodbury
Date collected: 1907 (3 Apr)
Collector: Sharp, Cecil
Roud Number: 1054

A sweet songs of an amorous encounter ending with a reconciliation, set to a handsome tune. Broadsides of it date from the early 19th century and it has been collected from oral tradition, but only in England and all in the first decade of the 20th century.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 9 May 2015