J. O. 272, 1849) generated no opinion abreast of a version of the brand new tune which he released instead a track, and that i believe he previously not read they sung, given that he failed to hook it up in order to Jack Miller in the afterwards guide cited significantly more than. The type he gave try titled the newest “Beggars from Ratcliffe Reasonable.” Almost all the fresh new beggars’ labels offered within this type was Welsh. H. F. Lippincott ( An excellent Shakespeare Jestbook , Elizabethan Education #20, Salzburg, 1973) summarized prior to comments towards the three lines from Jack Miller’s song, however, nothing of these appear to have produce actually an excellent tentative identity having one understood tune. I’ve now produced the one that I really hope often stay. This might be in so far as i can carry the niche within introduce.

I would like to give thanks to Peter Kennedy on tape recording out of Francis McPeake’s song and McPeake’s grandaughter, Kathleen McPeake, for their unique services. I additionally extend by way of Jennifer Reducing of the Western Folklife Cardiovascular system, Collection out-of Congress, Arizona, D.C. having transcription of song.

[Sorry, I don’t have persission to place the latest song right here. In the design it is some such as “Bragandary”, B541, and you can “Derry’s Reasonable” is contempoary toward initially mention if this, however, we don’t obviously have an adequate amount of “Derry’s Fair” to more suggest a possible relationships.]

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