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Susan my Dear

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Place Collected: Winchcombe
Date collected: 1908 (5 Apr)
Collector: Grainger, Percy

This sad little song is somewhat of a mystery in that no other version of it can be traced.  The theme and language suggest that it is from a 19th century broadside but there the trail runs cold.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 6 March 2016