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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 07561 : The Mermaid [song text] Roxburghe Ballads (1869-97)

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

The Mermaid

Source Document

Roxburghe Ballads ( 1869-97 ) Bibliography

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 07561

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - Child ballad

First line

On Friday morning as we set sail

Tune 'When Stormy Winds Do Blow'.

8 stanzas

Type Number

Child 289, The Mermaid

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