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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 4 : Ballads - Index and Texts, Volume 2
Folder 93 : Ballads Index and Texts - M

Page 07536 : The Maid to the Gallows [song text] Mummer (contributor), Chadlington, England

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

The Maid to the Gallows

Contributor

Mummer

Place

Chadlington, England

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 07536

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - Child ballad

Alternative title

The Prickalalie Tree

First line

'O stop your horse,' said Joe

7 stanzas

Type Number

Child 95, The Maid Freed from the Gallows

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