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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume III
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2351:Sir Cawline
1987:The Mermaid
1798:Lady Maisry
1784:Lady Isabel
1777:Lady Elspat
1602:Johnie Scot
1595:Johnie Cock
1532:Hobie Noble
1448:Gil Brenton
1287:Earl Rothes
1238:Dugall Quin
1126:Child Owlet
1056:Brown Robin
629:included a
576:Black Sails
288:Pete Seeger
2693:Categories
1889:Lord Lovel
1847:Sir Lionel
1763:Lady Alice
1686:King Henry
1651:Kemp Owyne
1455:Glasgerion
1343:Fair Janet
1329:Fair Annie
1259:Earl Brand
1042:Brown Adam
706:2018-05-03
683:References
511:clawhammer
434:Tom Paxton
413:Rory Block
403:Gordon Bok
298:A.L. Lloyd
278:Alan Lomax
266:Recordings
200:sea shanty
167:media help
76:newspapers
2421:Tom Potts
2029:Sir Orfeo
1868:Lizie Wan
1658:Kempy Kay
1581:John Dory
1525:Hind Horn
1518:Hind Etin
1469:Glenlogie
909:Adam Bell
640:In 1966,
571:Doug Lacy
501:Sea Fever
491:True Vine
455:Bob Dylan
318:Burl Ives
254:Printings
196:folk song
1322:Erlinton
671:See also
608:Variants
453:In 1992
440:in 1986.
349:in 1960.
210:Synopsis
2659:Related
2393:Tam Lin
1420:Geordie
867:Babylon
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