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The Poor Old Couple
Henry Hammond Manuscript Collection (HAM/4/29/24)

1 of approx 91 results
First Line

Performer

Seale, (Mrs.)

Date collected

Dec 1906

Place

England : Dorset : Dorchester : Dorchester Workhouse

Collector

Hammond, H.E.D.

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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D714

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Manuscript

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Song

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Text; Music

Named Tune

Child No

Laws No

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EFDSS Archive

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- HAM/4/29 Frank Purslow's transcripts of texts & tunes: Songs 692-717
- HAM/4/29/24 The Poor Old Couple (This record)
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The Poor Old Couple
George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/16/1026)

2 of approx 91 results
First Line

Performer

Burgess, William

Date collected

24 Sep 1907

Place

England : Hampshire : Titchfield

Collector

Gardiner, G.B. / Guyer, John F.

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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H1026

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Song

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Text; Music

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EFDSS Archive

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- GG/1/16 Main Entries for Gardiner's Songs & Frank Purslow's Transcripts (File 15)
- GG/1/16/1026 The Poor Old Couple (This record)
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The Cruel Wife
Roud Folksong Index (S141756)

3 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Baldry, Rabbit Skin Cap (1939) p.83

Performer

Place

Collector

Upcher, Peter

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Printed : Book

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Text

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Roud Bib ref

X4929

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Song
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The Poor Couple
Roud Broadside Index (B304951)

4 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Named Tune

Source

Sharp, A Book of British Song (1902) pp.82-83

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Printed : Book

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Text; Music

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The Poor Couple
Roud Folksong Index (S486239)

5 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Sharp, A Book of British Song (1902) pp.82-83

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X11015

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Song
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Poor Old Couple, the [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S504008)

6 of approx 91 results
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Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) BGMG821

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Online index

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X10951

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Song
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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/BGMG821.html
The Absent Farmer
Roud Folksong Index (S167000)

7 of approx 91 results
First Line

Gudeman o' the house he went frae hame, The

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Buchan, Secret Songs of Silence, pp.175-176

Performer

Place

Scotland

Collector

Buchan, Peter

Date collected

1820s?

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Manuscript (VWML microfilm)

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Text

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X7514

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Song
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The Poor Couple
Roud Folksong Index (S158123)

8 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Baring-Gould, Garland of Country Song (1895) pp.100-101

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Collector

Baring Gould, Sabine

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Printed : Book

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Roud Bib ref

X4932

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Song
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The Poor Old Couple
Roud Folksong Index (S248984)

9 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they was poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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H.E.D. Hammond MSS (VWML) D714

Performer

Seale, Mrs.

Place

England : Dorset : Dorchester

Collector

Hammond, Henry

Date collected

1906 (Dec)

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Manuscript

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Text; Music

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Female

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Roud Bib ref

X6915

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Song
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The Poor Couple
Roud Folksong Index (S248903)

10 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Sharp, Nursery Songs from the Southern Appalachians 2 (1923) pp.18-19

Performer

Place

USA

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

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Printed : Book

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Text; Music

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Roud Bib ref

X6229

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Song
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The Poor Old Couple
Roud Folksong Index (S187617)

11 of approx 91 results
First Line

There was an old couple and they were poor

Roud No

491 [Search for 491 in the current indexes]

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Neil Lanham cassette NL02 (`The Contented Countryman')

Performer

Peachey, Alf

Place

England : Suffolk : Framsden

Collector

Lanham, Neil

Date collected

1960s

Format

Sound recording

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Audio

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Male

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Roud Bib ref

X5166

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Song
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