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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 3 : Ballads - Index and Texts, Volume 1
Folder 73 : Ballads Index and Texts - G

Page 06720 : The Boy and the Highwayman [song text] John Strachan (contributor), Crichie, St Katherine's, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

The Boy and the Highwayman

Contributor	John Strachan
Index Name	Strachan, John

Place

Crichie, St Katherine's, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 06720

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song

Alternative title

The Crafty Farmer

First line

The boy went away with the coo in a band

10 stanzas

Type Number

Child 283, The Crafty Farmer

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