ing of my sister Kate!
I'll be true, true to my true-love,
If my love'll be true to me.
THE ROPE AND THE GALLOWS (LORD RANDAL), 4aa, 12ca: A variant of Lord
Randal, Child, No. 12.
EDWARD, 4a3b4c3b, 10: A variant of the Old World ballad of the same
name, Child, No. 13.
THE GREENWOOD SIDE (THREE LITTLE BABES), ii, 4a3b4c3b, 9: Variants of
The Cruel Mother, Child, No. 20.
LITTLE WILLIE, 4a3b4c3b, 5: A variant of The Two Brothers, Child, No.
49.
LORD BATEMAN (THE TURKISH LADY), ii, 4abcb, 17ca: Variants of Young
Beichan, Child, No. 53.
LOVING HENRY (SWEET WILLIAM AND FAIR ELLENDER), iii, 4a3b4c3b, 11ca:
Variants of Young Hunting, Child, No. 68.
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLENDER, iii, 4a3b4c3b, 17ca: Variants of Lord
Thomas and Fair Elinor, Child, No. 73.
FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM, iv, 4a3b4c3b, 15ca: Variants of the Old
World ballad of the same name, Child, No. 74. (Published by Combs in
Jour. Am. Folklore, 23.381.)
LORD LOVELY, 4a3b4c3b, 9: A variant of Lord Lovel, Child, No. 75.
COLD WINTER'S NIGHT (BOSOM FRIEND, LOVER'S FAREWELL), vii, 4a3b4c3b,
9ca: Variants of The Lass of Loch Royal, Child, No. 76. (Published by
Shearin, Mod. Lang. Review, Oct., 1911, p. 514.)
LORD VANNER'S (DANIEL'S) WIFE, ii, 4a3b4c3b, 17ca: Variants of Little
Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Child, No. 81.
BARBARA ALLEN, vi, 4a3b4c3b, 11ca: Variants of Barbara Allen's Cruelty,
Child, No. 84.
THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON, 4a3b4c3b, 12: A variant of the Old
World ballad of the same name, Child, No. 105.
THE JEW'S DAUGHTER, ii, 4a3b4c3b, 12ca: Variants of Sir Hugh, Child, No.
155. One of the Kentucky versions makes the murdered boy's mother go
seeking him switch in hand, to punish him for not returning home before
nightfall. (Communicated by Dr. Katherine Jackson.)
THE HOUSE CARPENTER, iii, 4a3b4c3b, 13ca: Variants of The Demon Lover,
Child, No. 243.
DANDOO: A fragmentary variant of The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin, Child,
No. 277, as follows:
He put the sheepskin to his wife's back, Dandoo;
He put the sheepskin to his wife's back,
Clima cli clash to ma clingo,
He put the sheepskin to his wife's back,
And he made the old switch go whickity-whack,
Then rarum scarum skimble arum
Skitty-wink skatty-wink
Clima cli clash to ma clingo.
THE GREEN WILLOW TREE, metre as below, 11: A variant of The Golden
Vanitee, Child, No. 286.
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