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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 4 : Ballads - Index and Texts, Volume 2
Folder 83 : Ballads Index and Texts - C

Page 07159- 07160 : The Gypsy Laddie [song text] Alexander McEwan (contributor), Inverurie, Scotland

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

The Gypsy Laddie

Contributor	Alexander McEwan
Index Name	McEwan, Alexander

Place

Inverurie, Scotland

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 07159- 07160

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - Child ballad

First line

There wis seven gypsies all in a row

11 stanzas

Type Number

Child 200, The Gypsy Laddie

Contextual Notes

Learned as a lad from an old traveller.

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